Wayfinding
Navigating this story.
‘Troubling the boundary’ community conversation
Years ago, Lindsey brought up how hard it is to read about their own experiences in the stigmatizing and pathologizing language that the DSM provides. Lindsey experiences 'dermatillomania' or 'skin picking', and there is very little kind or dignifying information...
The Next Chapter: Narrative therapy group
February can be a hard month for folks who have had a romantic relationship end. The Next Chapter is a four-week narrative therapy group designed for folks who are figuring out what comes next after a major relationship upheaval. Space is limited to 6 participants,...
‘How we are avoiding misgendering’ follow-up
The conversation on December 11 was so lovely. It felt good to be in community, speaking about how we try to take care of trans and non-binary people in our lives (for many of us, that includes our own selves). One participant wrote afterward and said, "it was...
How we are avoiding misgendering
I'll be hosting a community conversation, along with my excellent pal Zan, on the topic of how we are trying to avoid misgendering (and why, and what difference it makes). There is so much hostility directed towards trans and gender diverse communities right now, and...
Tools for Hard Emotions
This is a post about struggling and reaching out and being met with care. I'm writing it up because sometimes these moments of collective care pass quickly, and I want to document this. Not only to remember that I, personally and specifically, was met with so much...
A Weekend at the Existential Dread Club
Many things are very bad right now. The first Existential Dread Club conversations happened in July, 2021. Things were bad, then, too. In those conversations we talked about what was contributing to our experiences of existential dread. Here's some of what we said in...