Tag: anxiety

Taurus Full Moon

Jenna November 19, 2021 2 Comments

I have spent much of my life in a trance, sleepwalking through the days. The world holds so much pain that it has to hide the magic, make it go

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Jenna & the Three Therapists

Jenna November 16, 2021 2 Comments

I never thought I was going to be one of those people who pays a shit ton of money to sit on a couch and spill their guts out to

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We’re All Mad Here

Jenna October 6, 2021 1 Comment

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.

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Four Other F-Words

Jenna September 28, 2021 2 Comments

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

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Libra Season

Jenna September 21, 2021 No Comments

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

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Emotional Regulation

Jenna August 24, 2021 No Comments

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

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Virgo Season

Jenna August 22, 2021 2 Comments

Virgo season runs from August 23 to September 22, and is ruled by Mercury. You know? The planet that when it goes into retrograde the electronics start acting all wonky.

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Back to the Basics

Jenna August 6, 2021 No Comments

I’m sad. I’ve been that way for a bit now. I can see it in the pictures that I take. I am smiling, but it doesn’t quite reach my eyes.

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The Critic

Jenna June 23, 2021 No Comments

We all have it, that inner critic inside your head that keeps telling you that you are doing it wrong, that you are a piece of shit, that you need

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Turtle Shell

Jenna April 28, 2021 No Comments

There is this scene in the movie Brick (one of my all time favorite movies, by the way) where Brendan walks into the room and Laura is reciting poetry while

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