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Dear Friends, I am overwhelmed by your responses to my latest post. Thank you for your thoughtful replies. I wanted to offer a lighter post, but this is another sort of heavy one. Our latest All Our Brave Hearts episode is on similar topics, and it was recorded a couple of weeks ago. I wasContinue reading “Some questions for brave hearts”

Dear Friends, I am warning that this might be a difficult post to read. I try to be sensitive and careful in how my public posts might affect you. However, I believe that this is important to share. I am not the first to express such views. And I am not claiming to speak forContinue reading “A tough truth”

Dear Friends, I had a bad case of the blues last weekend. I was so low and down. It was so suffocating. This was similar to how I felt on my birthday. The sadness had a heaviness that sat on my brain. It was so painful. I have had depression before. I have experienced grief.Continue reading “Down and Up”

Dear Friends, Wow! I just had one of my favorite ocean outings! This morning, I swam/snorkeled the farthest I ever have from shore. I am so proud! We swam from La Jolla Cove to the kelp forest area just by a buoy marking a quarter mile from shore. It was a gorgeous day with awesomeContinue reading “More Ocean Time”

Dear Friends, Another ocean day! It was such a nice, sunny, summer’s day. It was so nice to get in the water! I am feeling so much better. A mellow week helped me rest up. And I was so ready to end this hot week with water time! So I was all smiles and gigglesContinue reading “Ocean time”

Dear Friends, I am much calmer now. Thank goodness. That was rough. And I am still a bit on edge, but I am managing it. Honestly, I have very little idea what triggered it. There are many possibilities. But what really helped me internally was knowing so many of you feel like I have helpedContinue reading “Calmer”

Dear Friends, Oh my goodness. I have been having a terrible time. It is the worst dysregulation in a long time. I could barely enjoy my birthday party on Saturday, though I was so grateful to have some of my best friends with me. It was such a nice evening. But I was all swirlingContinue reading “An Awful Time”

Dear Friends, I am 40 today! That is so wild. I am in disbelief. Frankly, I am struggling with mixed feelings. I am surprised how difficult this milestone feels. It is a lot of grief for the decades spent without communication. It is a lot of dismay for how difficult my life still is. ItContinue reading “Forty”

Dear Friends of Danny, Danny has declared: “I am cranky today.” He didn’t get sleep last night. Today he’s struggling because “I want to do so much, but I am so tired.” So there’s a bit of dysregulation bubbling up, on top of whatever it was that prevented him from sleeping last night. What’s helpingContinue reading “French & Physics to calm the mind”

Dear Friends, At long last, I got back in the ocean! Wow. I needed that. Good old vitamin sea. It was so crowded getting to the beach. I guess it is the last hurrah before schools start. But we managed to find a calm and uncrowded spot in the water with tons of leopard sharksContinue reading “Back in the ocean”