World Mental Health Day was Saturday and this year’s theme was investment in your mental health. We talked just last week about therapy, which is one of the most obvious investments. We’ve also talked here about self-care in a more personal sense, especially when it means taking the time to do the things that relax …
This quote popped up in my personal Facebook memories this morning and I think it’s a lovely one. It’s so easy to look at someone strong, powerful, successful, or brave, and think that they are invincible. Sometimes that comes with the idea that we can’t possibly reach those heights because of our flaws, but that’s …
Are you in therapy? Have you ever been in therapy? Or do you resist the very idea, maybe as something for other people or a waste of time and money entirely? If you’re in one of the first two groups, it’s always nice to see other members of the club. You aren’t the only one. …
I watched someone get kneed really hard in the crotch last night. (Look, everyone needs hobbies; one of mine is watching Mixed Martial Arts fights…) He yelled in pain and immediately fell to his knees. It looked awful. Until just a few minutes later, when he was back up, fighting again. It made me think …
This quote came across my feed a few weeks ago and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. If you haven’t seen it yet (or even if you have), it talks about something that concerns all of us, especially when we are solo responsible for all or part of our lives and the …
One of the ideas that comes up a lot in self-defense training is the idea of winning an encounter. But what does that really mean, to win? Sometimes I’ll hear it described as prevailing, even triumphing over an attacker. The attacker is thwarted, and the tables are turned so completely that they suffer anything from …
One of my friends impressed me so much yesterday that I had to share it with you today, as a happy story for you to take into your weekend. To protect her privacy, this picture isn’t her, but it will set the stage for you. It started out rather horribly. A person who had honked …
Last week, I talked about the calculus of risk, about doing the math of when it’s worthwhile to go somewhere, do something, bring weapons for self-defense, or not. When you value each of those factors, one of the things I pointed out was that you are the only one who can put a number or …
CRASH! You’re home alone. It’s late, and you’re finally after drifting off to sleep after a long day, and you hear a loud noise. Immediately, you think of the news article you read a few hours ago about home invasions and rapists attacking in the night. What do you do? First of all, relax. That …
It seems that 911 services went down in isolated pockets all over the United States yesterday evening, including my home county. The only reason I know about it is that I saw a flash of a local news headline come across my feed this morning. In some ways, that’s fortunate. It means I didn’t try …
