What are the odds?

My professional coach gave me a homework assignment.

So much to say

I’m experiencing all the feels. It’s a lot to handle all at once.

Through a mirror darkly

Dr. Ruth J. Simmons, noted leader in higher education and French literature scholar, gave an excellent talk at Rice University yesterday. It’s got me thinking about the “in camera” inspection I’m doing of myself.

Depression as a signal

I’m coming to terms with the reality that my depression is not the result of brain chemistry alone.

Switch the flip

What happens when an extrovert suddenly finds social interaction draining and exhausting? I’ve found out and I don’t like it.

Living large(r)

Antidepressants and body weight have a complex and poorly understood relationship. As I taper off my medication, I’m coming to terms with how my fluctuating weight affects my mental health.

My place isn’t my place

I had this idea that being back in my favorite place on the planet would, somehow, fix me. It didn’t and it can’t, because I’m not actually broken.

Asynchronicity

I’m living in this odd space between feeling well and balanced and feeling anxious and fractured.

The BEST day

My presentation went as well as it could have gone. Afterwards, a few people even came up to talk to me about it. They asked me more about my work. It made me feel like what I am doing matters.

On top of the world, Down Under

I’m heading to Brisbane, Australia to present some of my doctoral research at a behavioral economics conference. Take that, Jerk Brain!