Happy Tickaversary - Year 8: Moving
This Tickaversary post is purposely, joyously, and miraculously late. I had a feeling long ago that it might be, and I began so many...
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Mental Health | life beyond Major Depressive Disorder
The Darkest Day: Winter Solstice and Religious Trauma
Why am I writing the same anti-Christmas rant every year, only to come back to my blog and read the same thing from last December, and...
This Leaf
This Leaf | A Poem
by Joyclam
Happy Tickaversary - Year 7: The Monastery of St. Borrelia and The Existential Crisis
Can I respect everything in its season – winter, exhaustion, rest, grief? Can I honor Sabbath, transition, liminal spaces, unknowing?
Hollowgraphy
Post-Coronial dystopia
Skipping Christmas (And Loving Jesus)
Why I Don't Celebrate (If I Don't Want To)
Prisoners of War
In the war at home, I honor the sanctity of grief. My grief. Their grief. Your grief. Our grief.
Antidepressants, Withdrawal, and Other Scary Stories
Tricks and Treats for Getting Off Antidepressants
(not-medical advice from not-a-doctor)
Where's The Poop, Robin? (Part 1)
My Lyme Story: For all the talk of finding the root cause, are we never getting to it: belief systems that perpetuate stress and fear?
Where's The Poop, Robin? (Part 2)
My Lyme Story: The Mind-Body connection deserves a more prominent look in the causes of chronic illness. Are we hiding the key to healing?
Where's The Poop, Robin? (Part 3)
My Lyme Story: How deep does this go? Is Chronic Lyme just the tip of a much bigger iceberg?
Where's The Poop, Robin? (Part 4)
My Lyme Story: Here I had it - the brain region responsible for all my problems, past and present. ADD, Depression, psychiatric Lyme
Where's The Poop, Robin? (Part 5)
My Lyme Story: Total Depravity. With a mind like that, how could I NOT get an illness that destroys the entire body? Total Autoimmunity.
Where's The Poop, Robin? (Part 6)
If we were raised in a culture of "No Pain, No Gain" or "suffering with Christ", how could we ever accept self-care and rest for healing?
Child Soldier: Where Did I Get this Gun?
They didn't wound me. They simply exposed and drew attention to it. They pulled the trigger, but the gun was already there.
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