self-care

Angel wings & tactical things

by Isy
November 19, 2019January 6, 2020
ANS and fight-or-flight, basics, brain care, brain plasticity, bugging out, CRPS knock-on effects, home-hunt, mortality, nutrition, perspective, radical presence/radical acceptance, recipes, reiki/meditation, self-care, tools and techniques, what works

This morning, I woke up feeling like a butcher knife was lodged in my heart, the memory of barking and snarling voices ringing in my… Read More »Angel wings & tactical things

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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Floating again

by Isy
November 17, 2019November 20, 2019
adaptation, basics, brain care, imp-possible, perspective, radical presence/radical acceptance, reiki/meditation, self-care

I’ve removed two posts: “Departure & apology” is moot, completely overtaken by events. “Outrageous fortune” has the seeds of a good tutorial for navigating intensely… Read More »Floating again

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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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

Back to work

by Isy
June 27, 2019September 1, 2019
CRPS knock-on effects, home-hunt, imp-possible, radical presence/radical acceptance, self-care

The massive physiological destabilization triggered by J’s departure doesn’t change my own deadlines: I still have to get out by next week, stay somewhere in… Read More »Back to work

3-4 solid tools for tough times

by Isy
June 8, 2019June 8, 2019
2 Comments
activity, ANS and fight-or-flight, basics, brain care, CRPS knock-on effects, martial & internal arts, radical presence/radical acceptance, reiki/meditation, self-care, what works

(If you’re looking for my housing-search info, go here for the latest with all the tables, and here for the one before that 🙂 )… Read More »3-4 solid tools for tough times

Some Kind of Watershed on the Imp-possibility of Safe Housing

by Isy
May 24, 2019June 5, 2019
documentation, home-hunt, imp-possible, radical presence/radical acceptance, realpolitik, self-care

Over the past 14 months I’ve gotten a look at every house I found that was: 1. Already built, 2. In my price range &… Read More »Some Kind of Watershed on the Imp-possibility of Safe Housing

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