Tag: mental health

Think About What You’ve Gained, Not What You’ve Lost

Covid isn’t going anywhere, no matter how much we might wish it were otherwise. This long, drawn out ordeal isn’t anywhere near over, and the toll it’s taking on us… Read more »

Writing in a Pandemic

The world is a scary place these days. Not to mention it’s an isolating place. We’re all facing levels of stress, scarcity, and uncertainty (on personal, governmental, and economic levels)… Read more »

What’s Really Worth Worrying About?

*Spoiler Alert: Very, very little.* I am a worrier. Even if you discount the anxiety that I struggle with, I still spend far, far too much of my life worrying…. Read more »

Can You Step Away From the Publishing Rat Race?

Part of the reason I hated corporate life was that it always felt like some kind of crazy rat race to nowhere. You spend years chasing after promotions and advancement… Read more »

Challenge Yourself Daily

I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. I’m more the sort of person who sees things that need fixing and fixes them. I don’t wait for some arbitrary… Read more »

Cooking for Creativity and Mental Health

In the past year and a half, I’ve discovered a new passion: Cooking. (And baking.) Believe me, I’m more surprised by this development than anyone else. Growing up, my mother… Read more »

Kick the Negative People to the Curb

I recently ended a long-term friendship. Perhaps friendship isn’t the right word, at least not for what the relationship became in the past few years. What began as an even… Read more »

Writing, Publishing, and Anxiety

It’s no great secret that I’ve lived with depression and anxiety pretty much since I hit adolescence. I’ve spent an awful lot of time and money looking for the “fix,”… Read more »

The Joys of Living in Your Own Head

I frequently come across articles about “getting out of your head.” They claim that living in your head is limiting and even destructive. The writers want to cure you of… Read more »