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The tide is very high tonight, with a full moon and a storm offshore that are pulling the ocean into the bay until it completely covers the marsh of…
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Climate Anxiety
Nature is a showoff, and we’re moved to stand in awe of its ostentatious spectacle and question our very lives. Before it we shrink, ignorant of the…
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Sinead O'Connor Has Died
Sinead O’Connor has died. Anyone who knew anything about her is saddened, but not surprised. As the obituary in the Guardian states, the most tragic…
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Against the End of Optimism
I left work early yesterday, and I left angry. Our oldest dog is dying, and I spent the night before sleeping next to her on the sofa, awakened twice to…
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So Judge Already
The flowers on the azalea were deep red in the center, slashed by black pistils and faded to pink at the end of each petal. The threads of a spiderweb…
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Ten-Minute Version
I didn’t want to go. I thought it would be a terrible time. I actually hoped it would rain harder than it did and that everyone would decide to stay…
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Why I Stopped Meditating
This Spring I find myself in the same weeds I did last summer. The difficult episode I wrote about I’ve not fully resolved, my doctor and I are still…
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Practicing Mental Illness
Practicing Mental Illness
Meditation, Movement and Meaningful Work to Manage Anxiety, Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Practicing Mental Illness

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