From collapse to traction—field notes for the climb back.
Hey there, Standing on the Ledge — ledge walkers, rebuilders from the rubble. Today: no tools. No lenses. No horoscope. No astrology. No deep dive. Today we’re just going to have a good day. Lupercalia, Valentine’s, and the mid-February “turn” So here’s a fun little thread in the tapestry: In ancient Rome, mid-February had a … Continue reading Embracing Mid-February: Rebuilding from Life’s Rubble
Welcome to Standing on the Ledge, my dear Ledgewalkers, you rebuilders from the rubble. How are you today? I’m doing well. I’m actually scheduling this post. By the time you read this, I’ll have written it almost 24 hours in advance. That alone is a small sign that my structure is changing, and in a … Continue reading Rebuilding Life: Strategies for Personal Growth
Hello again, ledge walkers and rebuilders from the rubble. I’m back. This is an add-on to my last post, “Identifying Pre-Collapse Signals in the Workplace.” Because sometimes I hit submit… and then my brain hands me the missing pieces five minutes later. So here’s one of the biggest pre-collapse signals I didn’t name clearly enough: … Continue reading Identifying Pre-Collapse Signals in the Workplace Cont’d
Hey, and welcome back to Standing on the Ledge, all of you ledge walkers — you rebuilders from the rubble. How are you this fine evening? Yeah. Late-night post for me. I’ve talked a lot about collapse. Grand resets. Those moments when the floor drops out from under you and you’re scrambling to find footing … Continue reading Identifying Pre-Collapse Signals in the Workplace
Hello and welcome to Standing on the Ledge. Well, my dear Ledgewalkers, how are you all doing this morning? I got a decent night’s sleep. It’s kind of one of those days. Not really doing fabulous, but we are not doing bad either. Yesterday was a day of looking at emails and not responding. That … Continue reading Mastering Emotional Control: Strategies to Respond Wisely
Welcome, Ledgewalkers, to Standing on the Ledge. Today is shaping up to be one of those aggravating days. It’s a “frig around and find out” kind of day. The kind of day where you can feel your patience getting burned off in real time — one email thread at a time. And I hit that … Continue reading Reclaiming Power: Practical Tips for Stressful Situations
Hey, and welcome back to Standing on the Ledge and Rebuilding from the Rubble. I got back from the big city a little while ago after my nerve conduction test. Good news: we do not have carpal tunnel syndrome, so there’s no operation required. That said—“no carpal tunnel” doesn’t mean “nothing’s going on.” The best … Continue reading Communication and Conflict Management
An Inconvenience Day Good morning, standing on the ledge. Today is one of those weird days where everything feels inconvenient. Not “I’m procrastinating,” not “I’m refusing,” just… inconvenient. Any task I set my mind to feels like it asks more of me than I want to give right now. Writing in my journal. Doing this … Continue reading Understanding the Weight of Inconvenience
Standing on the ledge. This is the part nobody glamorizes. The first three days after something breaks and your old system stops working. I’m writing this like a tutorial, but I’m not writing it like a textbook. I’m writing it the way it actually happens: messy, loud, and full of moments where your brain is … Continue reading The First 72 Hours
The Scene–Signal–Step Protocol (S³) Tagline: Translate social pressure into one clean move. What this tool is The Scene–Signal–Step Protocol is a social-psych “translator.” When I feel spun up by people, systems, or uncertainty, this tool helps me separate what happened from what I think it means, identify the type of threat my brain is reacting … Continue reading Mastering Emotional Responses with the S³ Protocol
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