Anxiety is a corrosive tool of the devil. He uses it to destroy people’s sanity. Like pouring sand into a car’s engine, the devil uses …
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COVID and My Job
I spent several years in college as a volunteer working with at-risk youth and addiction programs. I grew up watching the havoc addiction wreaked on …
Read More »Anxiety Pills
In her article titled “Listening to Xanax,” reporter Lisa Miller chronicles “how Americans learned to stop worrying about worry and pop its pills instead.” Miller …
Read More »Positivity Amidst the Rubble
Minutes froze as I struggled to focus on the task at hand. Empty silence filled the air except for the ticking of a nearby clock. …
Read More »Chronic Fatigue
No part of the human body is powered by the Duracell bunny. Any system of the human body that is overworked or excessively stressed without …
Read More »Holiday Stress
Dear God: I’m stressed out! Christmas is just around the corner and there’s way too much going on! The traffic is crazy and I keep …
Read More »Lesson While Shopping
After a long and arduous day at work I was met with the even longer and more difficult task of grocery shopping. Let me tell …
Read More »A Little Strange
I feel a little strange. Strange because now that my primary source of stress (my dissertation proposal) is over, I’m well rested and I’m not …
Read More »My Therapist
I don’t remember how I found her. At least 15 years ago I started going to a local private massage therapist. And that was perhaps …
Read More »Losing Connection
Getting ready to travel, I usually arrange to have our physical mail held at the post office, and I cancel delivery of our newspaper. During …
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