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What the U.S. can — and should! — learn from the steps being made forward on reproductive rights in Latin America… https://www.npr.org/2022/07/06/1110155933/what-the-u-s-can-learn-from-abortion-rights-wins-in-latin-america

I had never even heard of the concept of “getting our needs met” until the round of psychotherapy I did in Europe in 2014-2015.  Of course, I had an instinctive understanding of getting my needs met and to some extent did it, and had always done it or tried to do it, like we allContinue reading “Getting our needs met”

I have buddies here. And it feels so good.  I haven’t had buddies like this since grad school — for over a decade. And this was one of the things I missed the most since finishing grad school: male friends with whom I could hang out easily, spontaneously, as peers, as if we were allContinue reading “Buddies”

The U.S. Supreme Court is on recess (i.e. on vacation). Thank goodness! It has done so much damage over the past few weeks, throwing this country back by decades, that one would almost wish they didn’t come back from their summer recess… What other damage this once-trustworthy organ of American democracy could bring to thisContinue reading “Fighting without guns”

[Spoiler alert: I mainly write about the end of this film.] “And then we danced” is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a while. So powerful and strong, yet so delicate and sensitive – like Mareb, the main character of this sweet film about love, friendship, authenticity, courage, and liberation. In my view,Continue reading ““And the we danced””

Three years ago, I had just gotten back to California from the 10-day “fun girls trip” I had done in Colorado with a dear friend. After such a wonderful trip in company of a close friend, and with still lots of unsettled emotions (that had been one of the reasons for our trip), I feltContinue reading “Independence Days”

This is terrible. Awful. Devastating. I wish I could elaborate on the horrible news of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe but I am so upset that I cannot. I’m feeling sick in the stomach. Access to abortion is a human right. Period. How can it still be put in question and attacked in anyContinue reading “This is terrible!”

“Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.” [Unknown] My sister has more than once said to me that I am “immature, selfish, and self-centered”. It has hurt me and upset me, but her criticism comesContinue reading “Why am I so self-centered?”

From the daily guided meditation I listened to this morning: “May you meet this moment with kindness May you meet this moment like a good friend” May I meet and sustain this moment of renewed sadness and concern for the future with kindness. Because sadness, in fact, is what I’m feeling now. It seeped inContinue reading ““Meet this moment with kindness””

One of the songs I enjoyed the most (& listened to on repeat) on my road trip yesterday was “Aftermath” by R.E.M. (from an album which I originally connect to a specific phase of grad school). Here it is with small adaptions for some of my recent and current emotions, in an overall feeling ofContinue reading ““Aftermath””