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AI Helped Me Sound “Better” and Feel Worse
It was close to midnight the first time it really hit me. I was sitting alone at my kitchen table, still in work clothes, phone in hand. I’d come straight home after a long day of back-to-back meetings, staff conversations, and one decision I’d been avoiding for weeks—a call that would affect someone’s role, their…
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What Happened When I Stopped Making Rigid Rules for Myself
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ~Viktor E. Frankl I stood in my kitchen, staring at the leftover red velvet cake from my birthday party the night before. It was beautiful: layers of deep…
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How to Create Micro-Moments of Joy to Help You Keep Going
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh I want to shine a light on something that often gets overlooked in both the medical world and the mental health space. Something I didn’t have a name for until I lived through it myself.…
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How to Create Micro-Moments of Joy to Help You Keep Going
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh I want to shine a light on something that often gets overlooked in both the medical world and the mental health space. Something I didn’t have a name for until I lived through it myself.…
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A Simple Practice That’s Keeping Me Out of Catastrophic Thinking
“Hope is not a prediction. It is the choice to believe something good is possible before we have proof.” For most of my life, I lived with an internal alarm system that never turned off. I expected disaster around every corner—financial collapse, professional failure, health crises, humiliation, and loss. Catastrophic thinking wasn’t just a habit;…
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A Simple Practice That’s Keeping Me Out of Catastrophic Thinking
“Hope is not a prediction. It is the choice to believe something good is possible before we have proof.” For most of my life, I lived with an internal alarm system that never turned off. I expected disaster around every corner—financial collapse, professional failure, health crises, humiliation, and loss. Catastrophic thinking wasn’t just a habit;…
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The Cost of Chronic Stress and 6 Practical Steps to Presence
“You are not your thoughts. You are the observer of your thoughts.” ~Amit Ray I was in the middle of responding to my third “urgent” email of the morning when I realized I hadn’t tasted my coffee. The cup sat there, half-empty and cold. I had no memory of drinking it. That small moment became…
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Why I Stopped Trying to Be Thin and Started Trying to Be Strong
“The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.” ~Arnold Schwarzenegger The gym. Just saying the word makes some people break into a sweat—and not the good kind. Bright lights. Mirrors everywhere. What do I wear? That “everyone is staring at…
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