Out of the Mire
…because thriving is the goal
Category: personal development
The FNG Asks about Sex
I’ll be honest. I miss my old Therapist. Jack the FNG (“friendly” New Guy) is so different. He’s a much younger PhD. He feels like a grad student. Yeah. That young. He’s growing a beard now. He’s really tall. Fit. And very subdued. In… Continue Reading “The FNG Asks about Sex”
Rebooting for the New Year
One of the broader topics on this blog is mental health and how mental health is defined and experienced in different contexts. The DSM-V has divided and sub-divided the human experience into so many diagnoses that I imagine that every human could find an… Continue Reading “Rebooting for the New Year”
Big Ideas in A Little Poem
When you are a parent, partner, and all-around Make It Happen person, it can feel like there is no room for “flow” or peace. When the buck stops with you, you never stop running, anticipating, planning, deciding, problem solving, observing, fixing, and repairing. That’s… Continue Reading “Big Ideas in A Little Poem”
The Betrayal of Disengagement: Reloaded
I wrote this post for another blog a little over a year ago, but I want to post it here, too, because I continue to get comments on this post–Affective Deprivation Disorder and Alexithymia in Marriage. Out of hundreds of posts, that post is… Continue Reading “The Betrayal of Disengagement: Reloaded”
An Honest Question
I’m leaving for the West coast today. I’m taking three of my daughters with me. I would say that I’m excited, but I have to get through the TSA checkpoint before I even indulge in latent feelings of glee. Last year, when we matched… Continue Reading “An Honest Question”
Having a Good Time in Hell
I had final exams this week. With the same teacher. How I ended up taking three classes with this man I can’t quite figure out. Serendipity, I guess. He was a doctor with a reputation, too. Other students would hear his name and cringe–“Oh,… Continue Reading “Having a Good Time in Hell”
Endings and Beginnings
Playwright and actor Sam Shepard died on Thursday from ALS. I grew up reading his plays, acting in one or two of them, and watching him give blood and bone to otherwise cut-out characters. Sam Shepard was quoted in The Paris Review sharing his… Continue Reading “Endings and Beginnings”
The Trust Fall
I’ve written here before that I have migraines–chronic migraines. Whenever a therapist gets wind of that, they always make some version of this face: Last week, I was doing the deep dive into some very old “stuff” with my therapist. I leaned over and… Continue Reading “The Trust Fall”
The Path of Humility
This post is a kind of musing if you will. I have written in previous posts that I’ve returned to graduate school. I’m pursuing a medical Master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The Western and Eastern tracks are symmetrical in their instruction. Currently,… Continue Reading “The Path of Humility”
Changing Your Mind
Does hope ever turn into something unhelpful? Something bad? In my experience, I would say that it certainly can. You can’t live without hope, but a misplaced hope can steal your life. The Tanakh says that hope deferred makes the heart sick. Continually hoping… Continue Reading “Changing Your Mind”
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