I\’ve taken countless writing workshops and classes where, when you say \”I don\’t know what to write about\”, the facilitator will say: \”write about THAT.\” Yeah. It sounds like annoying response, but here\’s the thing: IT WORKS. And I\’ve been thinking, for a while: there are all these things I WANT to write about-but I …
I dabbled in meditation for years before I took up a regular practice. And that regular practice didn\’t last long, honestly. I am, at best, a sporadic meditator. Same with yoga. Same with writing. about fifteen years ago, though, I got serious about meditation for quite some time. It was transformative–and not always in a …
The Cacophony of Quiet: How the Pandemic Has Brought Us Face to Face With Ourselves Read More »
I know how I feel but it\’s not easily translating into words today. take what resonates, leave the rest, I guess. As a white, suburban, American, I was raised to see this holiday as a celebration. In recent years, I\’ve been shown the error of what I was taught, what I believed, what is widely …
Written in a workshop with Beth Dunnington, August 2020 I started doing this thing, this imagery thing, when my PTSD got triggered….maybe fifteen years ago. Maybe more. I don\’t recall exactly when, but the images are in my mind forever. My four-year-old–the age I was when the traumas happened–needs me. She is in the bedroom …
going to get her, over and over: reclaiming the pieces Read More »
(this was originally a comment on a thread on a Facebook post, where someone said they felt that speaking out–especially to folks who have opposing views to us, right now, is, while admirable, \”hopeless\”. This was a good person-and a person of all of the privilege you can have in our society.) I\’m a clinical …
a small cog in the wheel (or, how to deal with hopelessness about change) Read More »
This week I posted on my Facebook page three metaphors to try to explain to people what it can be like to be Highly Sensitive, an Empath, and/or live with a trauma history. here is the post. First of all: This is a sharing of my own experience and what works for me. It may …
How to THRIVE as Highly Sensitive people, Empaths, and trauma survivors (or all three!) Read More »
(cover image is of a tiny plant sprouting up through a sidewalk crack) There is a global pandemic. And we don\’t have enough masks. Not just for us, the people.We don\’t have enough masks for health care workers.Everything feels quite serious and overwhelming and scary. Because it is. It seems surreal-right? A friend messaged me …
Why COVID-19 is Easier For Me (or, Functioning While in Distress) Read More »
When I was just starting my last semester of grad school, at the ripe old age of 23, I went to my first therapist. my reason: I couldn\’t write a cover letter. I had never had a grown-up job before; I went straight to graduate school (social work) out of college. Part of the reason …
I\’ve been sitting here pounding away at this keyboard for way too long, with a bunch of trite bullshit coming out (that I keep deleting). I\’m trying too hard. I\’m trying too hard to be deep and lyrical and really, I\’m trying to avoid feeling the dark, seemingly bottomless grief I\’m feeling tonight. So I\’m …
Hi Amy, I\’m not really even sure how to write this to you.I mean, I talk to you all the time. But I don\’t often write to you, like I used to. Today, you would have been 51 years old. But forever, you will be 31 years old. Right? that\’s actually a question I have …
