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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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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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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
Mohini Kundu 