Brain surgery — fast me forward

They either say proof of brilliance is rocket science or brain surgery. We are more than halfway through February, the objectively worst month. Would I feel the same way about February if I lived in Brazil? Born and Raised? 50% of my company works from Brazil. I talk to Brazilians almost every day. They are …

Poetry lesson & How Are Yous

Usually when someone asks me how I am, I really should just ask them how much time they have. I have SO much to say when it comes to my feelings. I've worked on my over-share impulses but boy is that gonna be a lifelong consideration. But the last week or so maybe, if a …

How to get curious

She's kind of ghosting me right now, but one of the last things my therapist said to me was that the best way to heal from grief (besides "time" which is a totally unsatisfying, powerless answer) is to Get Curious about something. When her wife died, she took up glass blowing. For example. Ya know, …

From ‘I’m allowed to exist’ to ‘I’m allowed to be happy’

As therapists do, mine was like, ~how are you~ a second time, to really get the party started at the beginning of a session. I said it back to her, mocking, joking of course. Because by now we are pals. I've gone to her for almost four years. Things are different now. She has two …