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A twenty-something’s take on a timeless Scripture (opens the original)
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Hi there and welcome! If you’ve been following me here at The Orange Scarf, I’m so glad you’ve stuck around, and if you’re new here, I’m so happy to have you join my corner of the internet.Today’s piece has been weighing heavily on my heart, and I hope to share something here that may help my readers! As always, please take what is helpful and please leave what is not. The agenda is the following: I’m going to share a lifelong struggle of mine (briefly) to help me make the point I am trying to c
The Sacred Art of Holding Oneself (opens the original)
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Several years ago I went through EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) to heal some old hurts and traumas. I was instructed by the licensed professional counselor that it is very important to take care of yourself and to “listen to your body and mind” after a session. “If you feel like you need to go to a coffee shop to decompress around people, go to a coffeeshop to decompress around people. If you feel like you need to go to the gym to blow off steam, go to the gym to blow off s
On the skill of looking forward (opens the original)
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Remember when you were a kid and you went home on the last day of school before summer vacation and made a list of all the things you had to do before the next school year?I don’t truthfully remember doing that as a kid, but let me tell you, I do something similar as an adult.Making a LIST of THINGS TO DO that means you will be around to do them and that you ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO? I really think that the kids are on to something.Lucky for me, my friend Mandy is along for this ride called LIFE w
A scene from “The Dead Poets Society,” a bit about how I am spending my limited expendable funds this payday, & a GIVEAWAY !! (opens the original)
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I work in healthcare, to help keep people alive. At least, physically alive. But mentally, emotionally, spiritually? That, my friends, is the work of artists. Here is a clip from one of the greatest movies of all-time, “The Dead Poets Society.” It encapsulates the message I am trying to convey so much better than I ever could, so I have included it below:The reason I have been spending so much time on Substack as of late is because my soul has been thirsting for creativity- I love my job, please
A bit about my project for my new friends! (opens the original)
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hey friends :) there are some new folks here so I wanted to take a moment to re-introduce my orange scarf project! you can read more about it in my first ever substack article!the too-long-didn’t-read: when I was in residential treatment, I was struggling with suicidality. my psychiatrist and I were making small talk one day, and he mentioned he knitted his daughter a scarf. an orange scarf, one that was imperfect but perfectly made.several days later when I had to submit to a CSSRS (Columbia Su
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