HeyJaredTogether
Together is a Substack about self care, health & wellness, living your best life, and thoughts from a mostly retired therapist (after 32+ yrs) My book in progress is Staying Together- a guide for partners, deepen connection/ forge life long commitments.
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Something a smidge different this time (opens the original)
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I’m not in a place to write creatively just now (more about that in a minute) so my something a bit different to share is: Podcasts. (Note: not so much with the video interviews, as very few people are great at drawing out their guests) all that said, I do enjoy me a great podcast. My criteria is pretty simple: It has to be interesting, fresh, share something that will actually help me grow, be uninvolved in politics, be unrelated to any organized religion, no one who whines, or is overly full o
It’s a week alrighty. (opens the original)
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I thought I didn’t have anything to say this morning, yet I found myself reading along with a few of my favorite authors, nodding, slowing down to reread an excellent phrase twice more, shaking my head “no no a thousand times no” at what another person presents as interesting (to them the style certainly is), versus what’s annoying to others and realizing that, duh.. I have some biases I’ve yet to explore. Both things can be true at once; I adore and relish reading one author, and another essay
Stirring Memories, good or bad, they color my day (opens the original)
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I’ve been in a loop lately. Pain, do the necessary then distract with marvelously written words, be carried away by an excellent narrator from Audible, go back to attempt editing another chapter (again and again), address pain again, try to sleep, eat, do a chore, veg out to music, knit, address pain. (Sensing a theme?)I quite love being swept into the arms of an author whose metaphors are rich enough to run down my chin like fresh peaches. I love reading stories that bring sensory images. They
Half A Grand Flash Fiction Contest Entry - Give It a Whirl (opens the original)
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Something new, for fun and possible income!Charlie Finch is running a contest: Half a Grand Flash Fiction anyone can join. He’s sent out a prompt, here’s the prompt (the photo below). Entries must be sent in by Sept 8th. Rules for the contest are listed in the link above. It’ll be fun to see where imaginations run with this photo<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TMsV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2
In the year of a therapist, Continuing Ed happens (opens the original)
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I’ve been learning the latest educational research about helping suicidal clients and how to provide mental health support as part of a disaster response team. I’m midway through courses on each of these topics. It’s been interesting, and has pretty much sucked up all my mental bandwidth width for a few weeks. Having my counselor’s hat on diminishes creative writing time, but it’s an important part of who I continue to be.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com
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