Overheard in the Coffee Shop
Content warning: suicide My name is not Alan Smithee. Unlike the Hollywood directors who ran from their projects, I want to attach my name to this post. I just can’t. There [...]
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When Netflix Traumatizes You
Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” is a breathtaking masterpiece and searing indictment of the American criminal justice system. The four-episode, Netflix series [...]
The Thirty Day Honesty Challenge . . . It’s Not as Easy as You Might Think
What’s so important about honesty? That depends on whom you ask. Some will say the reason to be honest is simply to avoid being labeled a liar, and untrustworthy—it’s [...]
Sweatpants & Equality | Activism is a Practice – Radical Self Care for Activists
Activist Kerra Bolton offer tips on how to practice self-care and incorporate the things and the people you love into your activism. [...]
Sweatpants & Self Care | You Probably DO Give a F*ck
Warning: this post contains swear words. I don’t consider this gratuitous profanity (sometimes, no other word will do), and it is reflective of the way I express myself in [...]
Sweatpants & Self Care | You, Me and My Mental Health- Which Comes First?
One issue that I have come across again and again in my clinic is people feeling guilty about the fact they are battling mental health issues. Most often it is because they [...]
Sweatpants & Parenting | How My Five Days as the Dalai Lama Undercover Helped Reduce Sibling Rivalry
Self-compassion and inner nobility. I’m taking them with me on this parenting journey whether I’m the Dalai Lama Undercover or not. [...]
Kindness Matters | 31 Totally & Completely Purposeful Acts Of Kindness To Brighten Anyone’s Day
While the phrase “random acts of kindness” definitely rolls off the tongue, the best acts of kindness ideas aren’t random at all, but fiercely purposeful ones. At the [...]
Sweatpants & Sanity | 8 Ways You Can Make the World Safer for People with Mental Illness
It’s hard to know how to support a friend or loved one with mental illness. Those of us who live with a mental condition know this. I imagine for my husband and family it [...]
A Moment Of Kindness | True Stories
Matthew Kear is a writer, photographer, musician, and a father. By trade, Matthew is an historic preservation planner in Atlanta. He writes for two blogs on heritage and [...]
