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Self-care is many things. It is many different practices. It is small, and it is big. It is making a meaningful life change like switching jobs,...

Today I love calmer waters both here on the bay and metaphorically in my life these days. I love the cottage feeling that getting up in the morning here gives me,...

Adult children of narcissists go through a lifetime’s worth of abuse. Narcissistic parents lack empathy, exploit their children for their own agendas, and are unlikely to seek treatment or change their destructive behaviors long-term (Kacel,...

I’ve been a perfectionist for as long as I can remember—always caring about what other people think, worrying about being judged, and overanalyzing everything....

Tomorrow, April twenty first, is my thirty eighth birthday. In a way, I never thought this day would come. At the end of my twenties I was in the dark pit of depression....

With the release of the Mueller Report, emotions about politics are flaring. In the Trump era, that’s not new. What may be new about the past few years is the extent to which political topics are seeping into,...

It’s Easter this weekend, and all the candy is on sale, and I’ve been good about not binging on the chocolate eggs, and now it’s a buy one and get one free situation....

I told you yesterday that I got through a bunch of stuff. Did I mention that I got my back up system running again? Well, I did, and I go caught up writing blog posts for the blogs I write for....

With sensory processing disorder (SPD), leaving the house can be tricky. There are so many unforeseen sensory triggers that even just going for a walk can seem daunting. Since discovering my sensory needs a few years ago,...

Perfectionism seems straightforward, but it’s often misunderstood. Many people think perfectionism helps them achieve their goals and get better results. American culture continues to encourage perfectionism despite all of the research that indicates perfectionism is associated with increased anxiety,...

I have spent an awful lot of money while manic. Almost all of it on things I later regretted buying. When I

Pets have always been so essential in my life. I started begging for a pet bird when I was seven years old. At age eight, a green and white parakeet named Perky arrived and we were instantly inseparable....

Before I started my Bipolar medications I was a healthy slim size but was unstable mentally, always swinging up and down between two extremes, often self-harming and suicidal, often in crisis and generally very unhappy most of the time....