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The Roots pt. 2: A Winter Lamb
I recently watched the movie The Sheep Detectives with my husband. It’s about a flock of sheep who help a dim-witted local policeman solve the mystery of their shepherd’s murder. Stay with me… It was actually a joy to watch, both funny and unexpectedly tender. It introduced me to the concept of the winter lamb.… Continue reading
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Anxious Habits and Their Antidotes
Despite what most headlines from the past 20 years say, there’s pretty much never just one secret thing you need to know that will solve all your problems. When it came to tackling my anxiety, there were several different patterns I was up against. Therapy helped me see that these were habits I’d formed in… Continue reading
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The Roots pt. 1: Enmeshment
I came to my therapist with problems like extreme anxiety without a clear cause and outsized reactions to my family’s problems and opinions of me — something that had often been labeled by others as “being too sensitive.” It alarms me how common my experience seems to be: a parent-ified daughter who was told to… Continue reading
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Wounds
People are often tender in the places where they’ve been hurt, physically and emotionally. But I’ve found that emotional or mental wounds can be harder to spot, even for the person who is wounded. They can be so painful that the mind tries to protect itself by obscuring those hurts from us, lest we encounter… Continue reading
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Life in Focus
Losing a loved one is a sobering reminder that one day we just… won’t be. This fabulous ride we’re on will end. This magical world with entertainment at your fingertips, an endless blue sky above, and oceans we’ll never get close to the bottom of — our existence within it is finite. And there’s nothing like… Continue reading
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Love Continued
“But what is grief, if not love persevering?” For much of my life I’ve hated endings. I thought the most perfect ending to a book was, “See you tomorrow.” If life doesn’t go on and, more importantly, continue to be lovely, what’s the point of existing at all? Ah, to be so young again. My… Continue reading
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Behind the Scenes of a Panic Attack
In December 2022, I forgot how to breathe normally. I no longer trusted my body to take in air on its own, so I would take over and try to pull in as much oxygen as possible. It turns out this is a recipe for a panic attack because you end up with too much… Continue reading
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Remember You Will Die
If I had leaves they would be yellowing. The buds have grown out fully and the ripe green of spring has faded, which comes with it’s own sense of mourning. When you see signs of youth falling away from you, I wonder, is there a single human who hasn’t panicked just a little? Memento mori,… Continue reading
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On Complaining
“Don’t be overheard complaining…Not even to yourself.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations I’m an avid follower of Ryan Holiday’s Daily Stoic, and this quote surfaced to me recently. It came to me in a timely period when all I wanted to do was complain. I was unwell, my days were tiring and inconvenient with no end… Continue reading
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Why It’s So Damn Hard to Do Nothing
I am a reforming Bisy Backson. If you don’t know what that is, let me back up. First, you need to know that Winnie the Pooh, the beloved children’s book bear, actually represents one of the core tenets of Taoism. Yes, ‘Winnie the Pooh’ is about Taoism. You’re welcome. Pooh Bear’s character and actions symbolize… Continue reading
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Mohini Kundu 