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Tag: healing

  • Spock and McCoy Tackle Chronic Pain…

    Spock and McCoy Tackle Chronic Pain…

    July 25, 2026 This morning I woke up barely able to breathe because my mid back, hips, shoulder, neck, jaw, and head were in extreme pain. I felt paralyzed. Instant panic, because I have been having prolotherapy interventions that have had my waking pain level at maybe two or three out of ten rather than…

  • Quitting Smoking One Last Time (hit me baby one more time)

    March 20, 2026 Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt… literally. Two times ago, when I wanted to quit on Feb 1st, I ended up going to a one person performance called “A Brief History of Smoking Cigarettes”, written and performed by Deanna Jones. I had come by the tickets in a serendipitous fashion, so…

  • Unstuck in Time…

    November 2025 (I’m pretty sure) I don’t even know what day it is. Sometimes I have to really think to figure out the month, or the year, or my actual age. I recently turned 50 and had to keep reminding myself that I wasn’t turning 40, or 30, or 60. I just knew it was…

  • Circle Game

    I almost never do this; write a post that I intend to publish immediately without worrying and overthinking about how to frame my thoughts. Nothing but a cursory edit. My dreams are sad and dark lately. Sad for my younger self as I navigate parenting my now adult child.  I am sitting in a waiting room…

  • Healing Through WAP

    WAP = Word Association Poem Saturday, August 17, 2024 This is another exercise from the Rupi Kaur book Healing Through Words, which I am still so glad to be working through, however slowly. At first I scoffed at it a bit, as the word “healing” has become (well, to me, anyways) pedantic. Overused. Redundant. Insulting,…

  • On Quitting Self-Blame

    On Quitting Self-Blame

    Feeling stuck in therapy? Double entendre intended. Our minds are powerful, for better or for worse. This post is about how detrimental self-blame can be when we use it to deflect issues in our lives that need to be dealt with, and to punish ourselves.