Practical traction after a hard hit—field notes and tools for rebuilding without performative positivity
Reader's Moment There is pressure to make recovery look good. To have the lesson ready. To sound wise. To explain the transformation. To be grateful for the wound because it made you stronger. To turn the collapse into a clean story with a satisfying arc. Sometimes that arc exists. Often it does not exist yet. … Continue reading You Do Not Have to Perform Recovery to Be Rebuilding
Reader's Moment A tool can be oversold. A protocol can be made to sound like magic. A field manual can accidentally become another self-help promise if we are not careful. Do this and you will be fine. Follow these steps and the pain will leave. Use this framework and the crisis will make sense. That … Continue reading The Field Manual Is Not a Cure. It Is a Handle.
Hello, Standing on the Ledge. How are we today? In addition to the other posts going up, I needed to make this one. Lately, I have been going off the rails a little bit about certain motivational posts and motivational memes put out by various individuals. I am not going to name them at the … Continue reading More Than Motivation
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