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(or) how i'm making it through doctoral training

Tag: mental health

Accountability check

It’s a new Gregorian year – 2019 – and as with all seasonal changes – a good time for me … More

Beginnings, DocStudentLife, doctoral student life, doctoral training, DoctoralTraining, health, mental health, PhD, PhD training, resilience, self-caring, Self-Reflection, sobriety

one day at a time

This blog post is not inspirational. It is not an expression of fiercely joyful living. It is honest. It is … More

AA, alcoholism, depression, DocStudentLife, doctoral student life, doctoral training, DoctoralTraining, dog mama, DogMama, health, mental health, PhD training, Self-Reflection, sobriety, surviving

chasing grace

I’ve been writing and rewriting this post in my head since Friday. The angle and scope have changed at least … More

AA, alcoholism, appendix cancer, cancer, cancer survivorship, health, LGBTQ, mental health, Queer, resilience, Self-Reflection, sobriety, surviving

situational joys

By an act of genius and the Internet, I’m live watching one of my favorite people perform at a local … More

anxiety, cancer, depression, health, mental health, suicidality, surviving

mea culpa

Wow! How easy it is to get out of the way of blogging – and not to return for A-G-E-S. … More

appendix cancer, balance, cancer survivorship, doctoral life, health, Love and Marriage, mental health, self-caring, Self-Reflection, social justice

#EffCancer (chapter 2)

It’s been a joy ride in the past 6 weeks. I’ve been told I have cancer. Told that they didn’t know … More

appendix cancer, cancer risk, cancer survivorship, eff cancer, fuck cancer, mental health, self-caring, Self-Reflection, surviving

#EffCancer

I’ve been trying to be silent. To hold it in. To resist sharing so that I don’t have to answer … More

appendix cancer, cancer, eff cancer, fuck cancer, health, mental health, Self-Reflection, surviving, waiting

#FuckCancer

I’m going between anger, tears, and trying not to feel.  Tonight my general surgeon called with preliminary pathology results. My … More

cancer, cancer risk, emergency appendectomy, health, mental health, Self-Reflection, surviving, waiting

the bravest things

Yesterday, I did the second bravest thing I have all year: I booked an 18-day trip to San Francisco for … More

balance, Beginnings, doctoral life, LGBTQ, mental health, Queer, self-caring, Self-Reflection

A new semester… Year 2

Apparently it’s been 2 months since I blogged – so much for keeping this as a priority in year 1… … More

balance, doctoral life, doctoral training, mental health, PhD, self-caring

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