loved ones

Living anyway, up at the sharp end

by Isy
May 31, 2020May 31, 2020
basics, loved ones, mortality, radical presence/radical acceptance, tools and techniques

Ladies, gentlemen, and others, we can do this. The tracks have been laid. All we need to do is acknowledge them, and accept where they… Read More »Living anyway, up at the sharp end

Protected: Outrageous fortune

by Isy
November 17, 2019November 20, 2019
3 Comments
adaptation, ANS and fight-or-flight, brain care, bugging out, care team, critical thinking, Dept. of Blith. Obv., imp-possible, loved ones, martial & internal arts, money, mortality, perspective, radical presence/radical acceptance, reiki/meditation, self-care, what works

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Protected: A departure & a public apology

by Isy
November 12, 2019November 20, 2019
1 Comment
ANS and fight-or-flight, basics, bugging out, CRPS knock-on effects, loved ones, martial & internal arts, perspective, radical presence/radical acceptance, reiki/meditation, self-care

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Nerdy stuff: menstruation, hormones, pregnancy, and pain

by Isy
October 17, 2019
basics, care team, CRPS knock-on effects, loved ones, neurotransmitters, PubMed, science, studies

This is a brain-dump and research-blurch I just did for a compatriot. These are issues that come up occasionally — every 28 days, for many… Read More »Nerdy stuff: menstruation, hormones, pregnancy, and pain

There’s always an afterwards

by Isy
October 15, 2019October 15, 2019
3 Comments
activity, adaptation, basics, brain care, brain plasticity, critical thinking, CRPS knock-on effects, imp-possible, loved ones, mortality, radical presence/radical acceptance, self-care

This, right after “Keep breathing”, is one of my go-to pieces of mind management. It’s about so much more than consequences. Let’s take an example.… Read More »There’s always an afterwards

Shore Break

by Isy
September 23, 2019September 23, 2019
2 Comments
activity, brain plasticity, CRPS knock-on effects, imp-possible, loved ones, moving/traveling, nature, perspective, self-care, story

There I was, trying to steer the 3-headed rhinoceros that is the de-mold-the-mobile-home project (dubbed “DeStroy DeMold.”) Two of my volunteers had gotten sick with… Read More »Shore Break

What I did with my summer

by Isy
September 1, 2019September 1, 2019
activity, care team, CRPS knock-on effects, home-hunt, imp-possible, loved ones, massage/bodywork, mortality, perspective, radical presence/radical acceptance, self-care

I’m aware that I disappeared for awhile. Obsessively focusing on housing and breakup, everything else sorta disappeared. Here’s what that period looked like, framed around… Read More »What I did with my summer

A fond farewell

by Isy
June 24, 2019September 1, 2019
brain care, CRPS knock-on effects, imp-possible, kitten, loved ones, moving/traveling, radical presence/radical acceptance

J just drove away from here for the last time. Friday, he filled up the kindling box and organized the firewood to his satisfaction. (Yes,… Read More »A fond farewell

Fixing the old, opening doors…and 2 shameless plugs for highly competent friends

by Isy
June 5, 2019June 5, 2019
1 Comment
critical thinking, CRPS knock-on effects, home-hunt, imp-possible, loved ones, money, moving/traveling, radical presence/radical acceptance

What a couple of weeks it has been! The local police chief failed to take a police report about an identity theft for 4 weeks.… Read More »Fixing the old, opening doors…and 2 shameless plugs for highly competent friends

Controlling my descent

by Isy
November 25, 2018
3 Comments
activity, adaptation, basics, CRPS knock-on effects, humor, imp-possible, loved ones

Admittedly, this might be one of those posts that I think is wonderfully uplifting and informative and positive and yadda yadda, and normal people have… Read More »Controlling my descent

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