Two years later
This weekend marked two years since we went into lock down in the Bay Area. My kids left their classrooms on March 13, 2020 and didn’t really return to th...
Category: Health & Well Being
Current Head Space
I feel it would be disingenuous, after my previous posts, not to mention that I’m feeling a lot of ambivalence about the changing public health policies h...
Not the blogger I want to be
Hey all. I feel pretty shit for not showing up here much these past couple of weeks. It’s not the blogger I want to be. But I’m struggling. I’...
I think my tolerance for stress and exhaustion is down
I have been trying to figure out why I was so stressed about yesterday’s belt test. I’ve certainly been stressed about belt tests before, and this w...
Reframing my mindset
I’m about to spend 3+ hours at the dojo in anticipation of my test on Tuesday. I’m feeling all sorts of conflicting emotions about this martial arts...
Attempting to tame my anxiety (and accept my disappointment)
I’m really struggling with my anxiety around omicron right now. I’m very fortunate not to be worried about the health of my friends or family (at le...
I shouldn’t be surprised…
Well I guess it wouldn’t be a proper Thanksgiving if I weren’t crying on my bed, grappling with how to manage everyone else’s emotions when I&...
My “Selective Eater” Status
On my last an earlier post (yes, it took me 1.5 weeks to finish this) Annie asked, I was wondering, in what way are you a selective eater? In my understanding s...
When what we love causes the stress
Today my son is testing for the third stripe on his blue belt. We have been working really hard at home to learn the form, and we have been going to extra class...
Destabilizing
In early September I had to go to the OBGYN to get an endometrial biopsy done because I’d been having my period every two weeks for several months. I cram...