Running as an experiment to reduce anxiety and facilitate healing
the relationship between running and the stress response
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The connections between health, conflict avoidance and trauma
how childhood trauma can affect our physical health
On running, fitness and the narrative of sadness
on why do we associate “sadness” with certain feelings
existential questions
I regularly talk about my lack of desire to live in therapy. Last week, my therapist said that she believes every person is born with the love of life, but things happened…
storage
I just moved out of my rented storage space of six years, having rented it a few months before I moved to SF in 2012. When I moved back here in 2015…
a relationship with me
My partner sent her first text to me after reading my essay about being chronically depressed and suicidal. She said it made her feel like I was truly alive. How ironic. She…
on learning how to think
One of the hardest and most important skills to learn in life is learning how to think. Usually learning how to think is associated with critical thinking, and people assume that it…
the weight of existence
I’m near the end of our second week in Taiwan. In the middle of last week I felt unwell and homesick. It is strange that when I was younger I wished my…
jolting contrasts
Having spent a week in Taipei I am reminded why travel takes a lot of weight in my life. It is the opportunity to take oneself out of a familiar context, to…
fleeting sunset
how do we embrace the fleeting quality of a passing sunset