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A Year-Long Writing Group for Those Who Were Adopted—On Zoom— Starting October 14
As someone who has spent her life avoiding groups, it’s hilarious to me that these gatherings are now my favorite place to be.
On Feeding Yourself While Adopted
I didn’t realize how many rules or habits that follow some kind of rule I had around food until I gave up caffeine. Holy cow.
Caffeine, Hunger, and Adoption
I hadn’t realized just how much I used caffeine as a substitution for food until I went cold turkey 13 days ago and stopped drinking espresso, iced tea, matcha, and Diet Coke.
The Dark Night of the Soul – No Caffeine Day 6 - or How to Have Trip without Psychedelics and Do a Deep Dive into Relinquishment
I’m on Day 10, and I’m shocked by how much energy I have. I had less energy when I drank caffeine.
Day 8 No Caffeine Hallelujah Jordan
Some part of me knew this was going to be really good.
Why Quitting Caffeine Is Such a Big Deal for Me
There was a Coke machine by the front door of my dorm at Kenyon College.
Pit Stop — a New Group for Those Who Were Adopted
These days, if I had to say what I needed most--after food, water, and air--it would be rest.
On Goodness
I want to tell you a story about two of the people who saved my sister-in-law’s life and who tried to save my brother Sam who died of a heart attack while snorkeling. My brain is changing with this story in it. It’s recalibrating. My brain keeps whispering to me: goodness, goodness, goodness.
A Five-Minute Attitude Adjustment
Part of the experiment is to name your feelings: cheerful, pissy, scared, excited, guilty, amazed.