“We don’t owe you anything!” My insides are pushing back hard against this tradition. It’s an unexpected battle in the board meeting of my thoughts. Me vs. change.
I didn’t realize I was so connected to my resolutions until this mutiny.
“We don’t have to perform for anyone.”
I stay here on my covers, listening for the trickling stream that explains me.
Read MoreThis is phrased specifically to avoid the “self-care” loophole because I can turn almost anything into a task that doesn’t really restore me. Caring for myself is a deeper listening to the most important relationship in my life: me. (No, this isn’t selfish — it’s vital.)
Read MoreHow am I qualified to spot a panic attack? I’m not in the professional lipstick - I’m in the pajama shorts talking to a laptop stacked on three pillows!
She calls-in my prescription.
Finally, something beyond the well-meaning advice to “get out of your head and take a walk.” Sorry friends, that’s just “anxiety, but outside.”
Read More“Those willing to face arrest, please come to the front line.” About forty of us respond, arms-linked for protection and solidarity. We shuffle into 7th Avenue to become the fence, but no one fills-in behind our tightly-packed pod; the police have already cut-off access. Our second attempt is trimmed.
Read MoreYou represent a break, a moment of relief, and an escape hatch from my own thoughts. I’m compelled to reach for the handle.
Read MoreThen a global pandemic stops the regular function of life, turning-down the din of our schedules and turning up the silence in our relationships… What would have happened in our relationship, if Covid-19 hit back then? Would we have reached toward one another, recognizing the chance to connect, to ask questions, to know and be known?
Read MoreYou lost your job (all of your jobs) because of Covid-19 closures? Great! Now you have even more time available to write that book! Let’s unleash our primal spirit to crank out art, by crushing our feelings into a machine of productivity.
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