Body & Health
Dear Young Fury,
You are in the hospital, intubated after your 5th attempt, and I still have yet share this truth with you. I hope it helps you know yourself and…
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Tag: highly sensitive person
Body & Health
Survival is a fast car
On a recent talk the speaker asked her audience how many were “in survival mode.” One quarter of the hands went up.* I found this revelatory, not because…
Best of Mommess
Ode to my mom’s memory
“I’m living two timelines moving in different directions.” I sat up in bed and said that to my husband last night. I’ve been plagued by night terrors for…
Best of Mommess
How to take a mental health day
skip to steps Today my 8 year old son and I took a mental health day. This was at my suggestion after he’d run into a frustration-styled brick…
Body & Health
Coping: Part II in the Working Toward Transformation series
Last post was supposed to be about forgiveness, but wound up as an angry, toxic diatribe. I’ll guess I’ll call that Part I. I’m okay with this, because…
Body & Health
The superpower I wish I had
My daughter asked me my superpower and origin story. The first thing that came to mind was a ball, that came into being by the beauty of the…
Mommess
My poem to you
This poem is one of thanks. And it is for you. Dear friend, you are a woman of extraordinary depth. You feel. You feel for others who forget…
Body & Health
Anxiety Sideliner
There have been a few times in my life when anxiety attacks have changed the direction of my life. I think now, that I’m probably not the only…
Culture
Quantum Audience
In quantum physics theory, the intention of the experimenter can determine an experiment’s outcome. In this tiny world of stuff, scientists have an understanding that intention itself —and…
Culture
Open Letter of Empathy for Ben Jacobs
Hi Ben, I’m so sorry you were attacked. I’m even more sorry that then you were denied reality by the campaign’s initial statement where you were called “aggressive,”…
Family
Message for my daughter on Mother’s Day
Hi Tas, This morning I was in the bathroom and saw our little message chicken (you know, the one with a set of little papers with nice sayings…
Culture
If we kiss the friggin’ frog…
I’ve been trying to live the following spiritual truths: once you accept something fully, then it can change know your shadow, and it won’t destroy you kiss a…