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On Cathartsis
As much as nobody wants to hear them, I don’t want to have to tell my stories. However, the way I have managed to stay out of hospital...
bystresscookie
Sep 2, 20192 min read
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The Ouroboros of Dysfunction
Or, the other side of the “fill your own cup” coin. Everything has a flip side. This one has been waiting for me to be functional enough...
bystresscookie
Aug 27, 20191 min read
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Overwhelming
Enough said. Happy Toosday! #selfexploration #cathartsis #humancondition #catharsis #Musings #storyteller #wordart #value
bystresscookie
Aug 27, 20191 min read
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My own worst enemy
I just played through Blackbird, by the Beatles, 3 times in a row. Twice singing. And, yes, tripping a lot along the way. AND, all I...
bystresscookie
Aug 14, 20191 min read
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The Apple We Eat
Found myself in the state of a Smashing Pumpkins album Stewing in the extremities of our human condition(s) Our “right” to judge ...
bystresscookie
Aug 10, 20191 min read
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Owning Lonely
You spend your life trying to be what others want, certain you are not. And, noone, not even yourself, can value you. You get what you...
bystresscookie
Aug 3, 20191 min read
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Insatiable
I tell myself I am better than this And, I want to believe it is true And, I continue to prove myself wrong How do we get so broken How...
bystresscookie
Jul 23, 20191 min read
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peering into a parallel universe
haunted by visions of what ifs replaying that one error in judgement that changed the course of two lives if parallel universes exist...
bystresscookie
Jul 21, 20191 min read
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STEPPING OUT OF THE GARDEN: Who am I?
One of the biggest roadblocks I have faced in moving forward to my purpose is pride/humility. Who am I to spout the seemingly random...
bystresscookie
Jul 9, 20192 min read
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I was born this way
Stopping and starting again In moments that pass over my lips when I forget I am and just be We are not here for self At least, I...
bystresscookie
Jul 6, 20191 min read
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Heartfire
Yesterday, my intention was to leave my art therapy group early. Postponing creation of my “Toosday cathartsis” to later in the day so I...
bystresscookie
May 22, 20191 min read
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The window
Reaching back into the past to find that switch that got flipped you walk through many rooms feeling around every doorway trying to...
bystresscookie
May 16, 20191 min read
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Free for All
We brought all of our fine linens to the table so we could slop all of our shit all over them Stains and smears from our ferocious...
bystresscookie
May 4, 20191 min read
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Untitled
Once upon a time it was ok to express distress. These days it is oft an offence. Lying is polite. Telling the truth, an affront....
bystresscookie
Apr 26, 20191 min read
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The “Dark” side of the “Information Age”
It never ceases to amaze me, how little epiphanies still strike me from behind… such obvious “face-palms” in retrospect. Even after a...
bystresscookie
Apr 15, 20191 min read
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An honest hypocrate
Our systems (political, economic and social) have become toxic because we have ceased to acknowledge our part in the dysfunction. We...
bystresscookie
Apr 6, 20191 min read
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When nothing is safe
I’ve been walking tightropes my whole life. Even now, I am treading with extreme caution… for I know what I have to say doesn’t sit...
bystresscookie
Mar 28, 20195 min read
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Warrior’s Journey*
From out of the mouth of a dragon, A warrior-princess emerges. Fiercely vulnerable. It is not the papa bear, lazily fishing in the river,...
bystresscookie
Mar 20, 20191 min read
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Toxic Humanity
We are all responsible. We all have our darkness. As long as we don’t accept and examine our part; as long as we continue frame...
bystresscookie
Mar 17, 20192 min read
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A science based argument for spirituality
Forget morals. Right and wrong. Good or bad. Judgement is “original sin”. Eating from the tree of the knowledge of GOOD and EVIL. Why...
bystresscookie
Mar 9, 20192 min read
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