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Tag: reflections

Friday I’m in love

There isn’t a cure and there’s still hope.

depression, future, mental health, perspective, recovery, reflections

Play it again, Sam

As I tell my story again and again, I see the progress I’ve made.

career, depression, mental health, recovery, reflections, self image

A big week

A series of fortunate events.

anxiety, business, career, change, depression, diversity, emotional intelligence, fear, future, jerk brain, job, leadership, lessons learned, medication, mental health, OCD, perspective, phd, podcast, priorities, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, self image, therapy, wellness, work

Pulling back

I’m managing my energy to take care of myself.

anxiety, depression, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perspective, PTSD, recovery, reflections

Validity

Working on my dissertation proposal edits and learning how to define success for myself.

anxiety, depression, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perspective, phd, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, research, self image, therapy

Correspondence

Recovery from depression has changed how I relate to people.

anxiety, career, change, depression, emotional baggage, emotional intelligence, exhaustion, fatigue, future, hiding, jerk brain, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perfectionism, perspective, pretending, priorities, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, self image, self-care, self-regulation, therapy, toxic positivity, wellness

The unknown

Getting better at living with uncertainty.

advice, anxiety, change, covid19, creativity, depression, emotional baggage, emotional intelligence, fatigue, fear, future, job, leadership, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perspective, philosophy, priorities, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, self-care, self-regulation, therapy, wellness, wisdom, work

Acculturation (part two)

More on the topic of organizational culture.

behavioral economics, business, economy, leadership, lessons learned, phd, psychology, reflections, reframe, research, work

Not up for debate

Making a space where I can just be me.

anxiety, depression, future, mental health, recovery, reflections, therapy

Acculturation

Organizational culture—specifically the Competing Values Framework—informs how I process what I’m learning about myself in therapy.

anxiety, business, career, change, culture, depression, future, job, leadership, lessons learned, mental health, perspective, phd, philosophy, psychology, recovery, reflections, reframe, research, self image, therapy, wisdom, work

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