what do you know about non-reactivity…

I went for my annual physical today and had high blood pressure for the first time. So, all this disengagement has done more harm than good it seems. So, uh, I don’t know where I go from here. Go Knicks, I guess?

On a more somber note, if anyone of you heard about that horrific murder-suicide a couple of weeks ago involving an UWS dad killing his wife, her two kids, and then himself, the mom was a former student of mine

So sorry about this, Z-man. How does one keep trust in humans after something like this?

turn it up, if you can 🙂

Edit: just wait ’til donnie loosens his fingers up later…

learned my dog is left-pawed today…it makes a difference i guess…

how are you? can get complicated at times…

one of the things i always appreciated about living in new york was the level of forthrightness coming from everyone…

people wanna tell you their story…ask someone how they’re doing – you can get a pretty engaging interaction going…

out here in cali, ask someone how they’re doing – all you’ll mostly hear is: fine/good…and that’s about it…

my sugars are getting better, waking up under 140 now (that’s the magic number for diabetics, gotta stay below 140)…

i’m down about 10 pounds since i cut out soda and most sweets…

it takes a few days to recognize when an anxiety episode begins or ends…the most recent started early august – i think it’s over now…big relief…

i’m very blessed to be in a situation now where i don’t really have to push myself too much during the 6 weeks or so of the episode…that makes a huge difference in quality of life…

i’m very blessed, my health situation could have left me homeless and forgotten…

yep, there but for the grace of god go i…

went on amazon and picked up a bunch of mindfulness posters to put up around the house…

– box breathing
– 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique
– things to release
– dialectic thinking
– how to produce happy emotions

and most importantly reminders to be thankful and grateful…crazy that that turns out to be one of the most critical keys to happiness in life…

i believe a bunch in slogans…

getting ready to delve in to the world of psilocybin…doing a bunch of research now…

what intrigues me the most is the idea of unblocking some stuff inside…it’s like having emotional constipation…

first learned of magic mushroom stuff related to migraine relief…

i’m still a fairly paranoid person, so safety first, second and third…

it’s funny, i need to remind myself constantly that things are good, i’m doing good…

always that odd feeling of: am i missing or forgetting something

how are you and you and your family?

if it’s okay for you to share – do you have a small or large family?

Sometimes the world is just too small and there just aren’t any words when it hits so close to home. Most of my former students are still 13 years old in my mind’s eye, and it’s sometimes hard to process that they actually do grow up, or that they don’t all live happily ever after.

(Not always, though…I was around long enough to have several students who were the kids of former students!)