HeyJaredRecklessly Alive
Personal essays and practical tools on mental health, resilience, self-worth, habits, and healing—for anyone learning how to keep going and live recklessly alive.
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I’m going back to where this all started. (opens the original)
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By the time we realized how wildly over capacity we were, it was too late for anything except hoping the fire marshal had a hot date and no plans to attend our first-ever suicide prevention event.First, we awkwardly asked people to scoot in because we were out of seats. Then the aisles filled with people sitting on the floor. By the time we started, dozens more were stuck in the lobby watching on a TV screen.Meanwhile, I was pacing backstage with such vigor I could have been recruited to the Oly
10 Back-to-School Reminders I Wish More Parents Heard (opens the original)
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“What do you know? You’re not even a parent.” The comment read.Jesus, Carol. Calm down. It’s 7 in the morning.Although clearly missing a few cultural software updates, Carol did have a point.What right did I have to give parenting advice? I have never been awakened at 2:13 a.m. by a toddler standing six inches from my face asking for pizza.Then I thought about it for another minute.I taught more than six hundred kids per week for over a decade.I led choirs of 200 ten-year-olds. By choice.8 hours
If Life Feels Empty, Start Here (opens the original)
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Most People Suck (and Other Sometimes True But Wildly Unhelpful Thoughts) (opens the original)
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6 Lessons that Help me Survive Hard Seasons (opens the original)
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