We’re All Mad Here
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries hat-makers would routinely use mercury nitrate during production, and exposure to this metal over time caused these tradesmen to go slightly insane. Hence the phrase “mad as a hatter.” In its original meaning, mad meant “troubled in mind” or demented. The meaning was later morphed to include […]
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This, Or Something Better
We have a New Moon in Libra on October 6, 2021 marking this day as my “personal new year.” Whatever your sun sign is, the new moon that occurs during that season is your new year according to the zodiacal calendar. This is the time where you would set some intentions on how you would […]
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Four Other F-Words
One thing I learned very early on in my therapy/wellness journey, or whatever we are calling it these days, is that when I get super anxious my body switches over into the sympathetic nervous system. It sounds nice, right? Sympathy. That was a terrible choice in word usage to whomever decided on that option. It’s […]
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Punctuation
I have a love / hate relationship with semicolons. I want to get one tattooed on my body, and I refuse to write with them. I won’t use them in a sentence if I can get away with it. I have no idea where this raw hatred for this particular punctuation mark came from. I […]
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Libra Season
Welcome to Libra season and hello autumn! Unless you live in Richmond where it is humid as hell, and we appear to be in second summer hopefully heading into actual fall. We had that tease not too long ago. Mother Nature is probably just pissed off at the way we have been treating her. Either […]
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Pisces Full Corn Moon
The last full moon of the summer occurs this year on September 20. Pisces, the 12th and final zodiac sign, rules sleep and the subconscious, the dream world. Ruled by Neptune (Poseidon to the Greek), the Roman god of the sea and water, rides the waves of the ocean on his horse-drawn carriage much like […]
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Interpersonal Effectiveness
Just before Ben and I got married, the officiant looked at both of us and and told us the secret to a happy life together. “Just be kind to each other,” she said. It sounds so simple really, but boy is it not so easy to do. We get triggered by other people’s words. That […]
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Peach: A Cat of Many Lives
We never meant to get a second cat. Hell! I don’t even think that we meant to get the first one for that matter. Two wonderful, happy accidents, I suppose. Needle was the easy one. A friend found a litter of kittens in the woods by her Mom’s house. I took one as soon as […]
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Women’s Equality
I find it quite fitting that Women’s Equality Day (8/26) is during Virgo season. Or maybe it’s some terrible astrological joke considering its symbol is the Virgin (Mary). The definition of a ‘virgin’ is a woman who belongs to herself. Our culture doesn’t exactly teach us that. It teaches us that we first belong to […]
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Emotional Regulation
I have actually written quite a bit about emotional regulation, mainly because I suck at managing my own. I was not taught this in school, and it was definitely not something we talked about at all at home. In fact, I learned very early on that my emotions were a burden and needed to be […]
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