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A set of content where I share my challenges with mental health, my efforts to address them, and my lessons learned. All in the hope that this helps others like me.

Newsletter · By Erik Karlberg · Official site

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Yes Man (opens the original)

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    When standard routines take over, life can start feeling like a boring loop on repeat. You decline invitations, stick to familiar restaurants, and retreat to the couch night after night.There is a comedy movie called Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey as the chronically “closed-off” Carl Allen, that actually tackles this exact dilemma. After attending a high-energy self-help seminar, Carl commits to an extreme pact: he must say “yes” to every opportunity, request, or invitation that comes his way.

  2. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    B-Sides (opens the original)

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    I miss my record collection. I had a great collection of LPs and 45’s in original vinyl that was to die for. Some of my favorite recollections were learning about an album hitting the record store (for those too young to remember, that means a formal release of a vinyl album was available for sale in a physical store that sold records - imagine that) and rushing out to go buy it. I’d bring it home, run up to my room, and load it onto my record player. I’d then spend hours listening to each track

  3. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    What One Man Can Do, Another Can Do (opens the original)

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    People close to me, those that have been around me, know that I have been fascinated by this saying:“What one man can do, another can do!”I watched a movie many years ago, called The Edge. It starred Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin. And, it was a survival story based in the Alaskan wilderness. It checked off a lot of the boxes that appeal to me. Survival. Beautiful scenery. The emotion of skepticism. And a large Kodiak bear.<div c

  4. Issue · Sep 12, 2026

    Reclaim September 12th (opens the original)

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    There is a heaviness in my mind and body today. I acknowledge that I am in a low “funk” more than usual on this day and that the historical events that happened 25 years ago are exerting their influence on my psyche. But, I cannot succumb to being a victim. Therefore, I write the following as a form of selfish catharsis, but also of an urgent push for us all to just be better.Twenty-five years ago today, nearly two thousand miles from Ground Zero, the morning sky above the Colorado Rockies was t

  5. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    The Beautiful Mess of the Mind (opens the original)

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    Have you ever said, “Part of me really wants to go to that party, but another part of me just wants to stay home and chill”?We use this kind of language all the time without thinking about it. But what if we took it literally? What if you aren’t just one single, seamless personality, but a collection of distinct parts - each with its own feelings, motivations, and history?Project Get

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