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A little of this and a little of that

There is no recipe for 2020.

advice, anxiety, change, cooking, covid19, creativity, depression, family, food, future, home, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perspective, philosophy, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, therapy, wellness, wisdom

Moving furniture

Change rituals help us adapt to new realities.

anxiety, change, depression, future, home, mental health, OCD, perspective, philosophy, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe

The ways in which

How.

anxiety, career, change, depression, humor, jerk brain, lessons learned, literature, mental health, OCD, perfectionism, perspective, phd, philosophy, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, research, self image, wisdom, work, writing

Not a complement, part 2

People with chronic conditions are not your inspiration porn.

depression, mental health, OCD, perspective, PTSD, recovery, reflections

SFD

A first draft isn’t supposed to be pretty.

advice, anxiety, career, change, creativity, depression, fear, future, humor, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perfectionism, perspective, phd, philosophy, pretending, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, research, wisdom, writing

Language

Once more for the people in the back: How we talk about mental health matters.

advice, anxiety, depression, emotional intelligence, fear, inclusion, leadership, mental health, OCD, perspective, PTSD, recovery, reflections, resources, therapy, what to say, wisdom

This train still runs

It’s been a difficult year so far, but I have persevered and gotten stronger.

anxiety, career, change, depression, fear, future, jerk brain, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perspective, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, role model, self image, self-care, wisdom

Where it’s at

I have a microphone, but what do I have to say?

anxiety, career, depression, job, leadership, mental health, OCD, PTSD, recovery

The difference a day makes

Who I was then is not who I am now. That’s good and challenging at the same time.

anxiety, business, career, change, depression, diversity, fear, future, hiding, imposter syndrome, inclusion, job, leadership, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perfectionism, perspective, pretending, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, self image, therapy, wisdom, work

The positive core

When everything seems bad, it’s time to look for the good within.

anxiety, change, depression, future, imposter syndrome, jerk brain, mental health, OCD, perspective, philosophy, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, research, self image, therapy

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