Tag: mental health
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Learning how to be more like my cat: A Lesson in Boundaries and Grace
It has been a while. Nowadays, life feels like it’s moving at a different speed. It feels faster, more urgent, and a bit more chaotic, but at the same time, it feels more intentional—more enjoyable. The last few years have been transformative in so many ways. Professionally, I moved on from a long-term job and…
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Why so sad?
“Wow, she is so sad!” That was my therapist’s response after I shared some of my childhood photos from El Salvador. I’ve always wondered why I look that way in most photos. My childhood wasn’t unhappy, but perhaps parts of me were. I was two years old when my mom left El Salvador to immigrate…
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Learning to understand my rollercoaster
I’ve never connected with a piece of art in the way I connected with this painting. When I saw it on a wall at a gallery this summer I was beginning to discover something about myself. I saw myself in the woman in the middle of looks like a tornado. I connected with it because…
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