About Episode: “Could depression be an asset in your leadership? Elsie Ramsey, founder of the nonprofit Bigger than Depression, says it can. She says depression has helped her navigate workplaces, build lasting relationships, and promote her ideas. Comedian Tristan Bowling is in a different place in his journey. Sadhna talks with both about the profound …
I’m on vacation in Puerto Rico for two weeks. I’ve been looking forward to this respite from the East Coast and the grinding pressure of life in semi-post COVID for MONTHS. And now that I’m here, I have to put away the bad habits that prevent meaningful experience. We got off to a bumpy start …
When I was in middle school, friendship was everything. I spent all my time with four guys. We were still too scared to hang out with girls one-on-one, so the few planned hangouts we had with girls were done as a unit. Mostly, we preferred ourselves. There wasn’t much to think about; friendship came easily …
I loved the novel Passing by Nella Larsen so I gave the new Netflix adaptation a look last night. The film is worth watching but didn’t fully express the psychological complexity so effectively explored by Larsen in her 1929 novel. Reflecting on why the book made such an impact on me in college, I realized …
“God gave Noah the Rainbow sign, no more water – fire next time…”-Mary Don’t You Weep Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate. I have honored the day my whole life, from having no choice in the matter, to participating out of obligation, to opting in with my whole personhood. Young girlhood’s Easters were about my dress …
Day in and day out, we’re told by journalists and public health authorities that 2020 and now 2021’s events are inflicting collective trauma on the general public. There’s no question that they’re right. So how do we continue to live through uncertainty, death and isolation? How will we treat the trauma that will cast long …
Actor and Musician Eric West Talks Politics, COVID, and Feeling Good Read More »
Hello! My name is Daniel and my sobriety date is 9.10.2014. Life in full, active addiction was governed by fear, anxiety, despair, and desperation. Agony, really. It didn’t start this way. In the beginning, oh, it was a thrilling adventure. The trouble is that the fatality of this disease came disguised as relief and fun. …
It’s 1:13 am. The heat in the house had been automatically lowered a few hours previously to accommodate sleep time, but I was not sleeping. It’s the dead of winter in Minnesota. The seasonal depression has been in full effect for weeks now. I’m lying on the couch scrolling through Facebook, comparing my life with others. I bet …
Today I listened to a message about ego. The Reverend Phil asked a congregation worshipping virtually — many likely disheveled and still in pajamas — ”what is the source of your righteousness”? Is it the clothes you wear? The restaurants where you (used) to eat? Your political affiliation? Your preferred streaming platform? That last one …
What Does Radical Self Love Mean? by Elsie Ramsey Read More »
I have finally arrived at the point in my life in which I will no longer be able to allow doubt and fear to crowd my judgement. Not my work colleagues’ doubt and fear Not my supervisors’ doubt and fear Not my friends’. Not my families’. Not my ancestors’ karmic fears and doubts. Not yours …
