The perils of writing about mental health
Writing about mental health can have both negative *and* positive impacts.
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Are You Self-Promoting or Bragging?: Balancing Your Exterior and Interior Lives
Earlier this year, American writer Dani Shapiro published a piece at LitHub about balancing social media and writing. She recounts how she sent out a … Read more
Improve Your Productivity By Making Time for Rest
If you’ve read my blog for a while, you know that, because of my illness, I have limited time in the day to do things … Read more
Restoring a Forest: Looking Back, Moving Forward
On today’s morning walk through the forest, I stopped for a moment to listen. My dog sat quietly at my side as the forest came … Read more
Working hard versus doing too much
Lately I’ve been doing Too Much. What tipped me off? Because last week I slept for almost 29 hours straight, with a couple of breaks … Read more
Academia and Illness
Tenure, She Wrote is a pseudonymous group blog covering issues for women in science and academia, and has had a lot of well-written, thought-provoking posts … Read more