Category: Radical Self-Care
O-Oh, Those Sleepless Ni-iiiights: An Insomniac’s Anthem
by Trish Bell
Sleeplessness is a slow, maddening torture. And insomnia is a torture that, I would imagine, many of us are suffering under the weight of these days — especially with all of the stress and anxiousness that the events of 2020 have heaped upon us all. I spent many years of my adult life struggling with a slowly but gradually worsening level of insomnia — … Read More O-Oh, Those Sleepless Ni-iiiights: An Insomniac’s Anthem
3 Wake-Up Calls Brought to You Courtesy of Social Distancing (and by the fact that I have not been TOUCHED by another human in 26 days… and counting)
by Trish Bell
“Hey, y’all… do you think it’s possible for an adult human to actually, like, literally die from lack of human contact?” This was, indeed, the question that I posed to a group of friends, as my online avatar flopped her sexy little pixels onto a sofa in a public room of the MMORPG where I’ve been spending a lot of my time these days. … Read More 3 Wake-Up Calls Brought to You Courtesy of Social Distancing (and by the fact that I have not been TOUCHED by another human in 26 days… and counting)
F*cking Meditation, I Can’t Even!
by Trish Bell
F*ck. Stop telling me meditation is good for me already. Seriously. Meditation suuuuucks! It’s boring. It’s hard. It’s frustrating. And damn it, there are SERIOUSLY about a million other things I’d rather be doing right now. And no, I don’t care if you just learned the greatest new technique for easy meditation online or in some class somewhere. Don’t tell me about it. Don’t … Read More F*cking Meditation, I Can’t Even!
Radical Self-Care
by Trish Bell
Let me kick this radical self-care rant off with an admission: I’m a totally Type-A, overthinking, overworking, overplanning person by nature, and it’s taken me a loooooong time to break myself of some really bad habits. The early days I straight-edged my way through high school entirely on the power of my ability to nerd out and get good grades, coming in number two … Read More Radical Self-Care
