Tag: trish bell
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!
Alcohol, Addiction, and Keyser Soze
by Trish Bell
A lot of people still believe that alcohol and addiction are completely separate, not necessarily related issues, and that one is inherently “bad” and the other is “fun,” and that if they stay “careful” and moderate their consumption and aren’t unlucky enough to have been born with the “addict gene,” then all will be good in the hood. In a nutshell, a lot of … Read More Alcohol, Addiction, and Keyser Soze
The Anti-Stigma Project
by Trish Bell
In all honesty, I’m not sure ultimately where I want to take the idea for The Anti-Stigma Project. I feel like there’s something big here, I just haven’t pinned it down yet. I mean, there are sooooo many things that our society unnecessarily attaches a sort of “automatic” stigma to, for one reason or another (or even for seemingly no reason at all). And … Read More The Anti-Stigma Project
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
Teetotaling
by Trish Bell
What is teetotaling? I like to use the word teetotaling as the overarching term to describe my sober lifestyle, because it seems like when people hear the the word “sobriety,” they tend to either shut down or layer a sh*t-ton of their own emotional associations over whatever is being said. (P.S. In case you were wondering, “sober” ≠ “somber,” because sober folks are super … Read More Teetotaling
Full-Time RV Living
by Trish Bell
Full-time RV living rocks, people. It’s not easy, and it’s not for everybody, but if it tickles your fancy and you’d like to give it a try, I’m going to lay out some of my thoughts and experiences on the matter here in the blog space. Why full-time RV living? There are so many different reasons that people choose the full-time RV lifestyle, and … Read More Full-Time RV Living
Ethical Non-Monogamy
by Trish Bell
Hey peeps. Okay, so. Living an ethically non-monogamous lifestyle isn’t for everyone. In fact, some people might find the very idea of ethical non-monogamy downright offensive. To be sure, choosing a way of life so different from the socially accepted Western standard isn’t necessarily easy or popular. So we ENM types tend to be a relatively small but very interesting and often very outspoken … Read More Ethical Non-Monogamy
