Times of stress happen — shit hits the fan sometimes. And perhaps, just perhaps, a useful way forward may be to quit trying to force ourselves out of the space and instead take a little while to numb out/procrastinate before…
Empty and Numbing
There aren’t enough medications to take, nice dinners and vacations to go on, glasses of wine or coffee to drink, or new shoes to wear that will make us feel better in the long run, if we’re feeling empty underneath.…
Artificial Highs
Today’s food for thought is on artificial highs (with ties to addiction). When we’re on our way to anchoring, sometimes we hit bumps in the road and start trying things around us that seem like they will help make us…
The First Binge
Life is messy. And sometimes hearing about the stories of others helps us to feel less alone (and can start a shift). In this vein, I’m sharing part of my struggles in my teens/twenties with eating disorders (and depression). I…
Pain, Forever, Seasons, Bonehead Mistakes
Considerations for a hard day, when life feels painful for you and/or your teen: Pain. It’s hard to witness, to feel, to experience. Pain is real. Real in its suckiness and messiness, tiredness, depression, and despairing. Real in the physical…
Labels and Numbing Out
Continuing to plug away on the finishing touches of my book. Finishing this thing up is harder in some ways than writing it. 🙂 UPDATE: The book is now available here! Nope, You’re Not Crazy: Rising from the Swamp of…
Searching for Happiness at the Bottom of a Bottle
Today’s post is a bit more adult — it deals with alcohol struggles. I feel it’s important to share because if we don’t look an initial struggle in the face and learn to scratch the record and do something different…