saying it all (🍁a fall roundup🍁)

Lots of watching, my hacks for calm in the kitchen even though I hate to cook and ways I'm up leveling my at-home yoga practice this winter.

In therapy, clients will often recount something to me and then wait. Waiting for me to have a set reaction. But often, they haven’t said what this something meant to them, how they experienced it, what they felt. Which leaves me responding, “Say more…”

This is the fifth edition of say more. A series where I explore what I consumed—TV, books, movies, food, movement, maybe the rogue purchase—and what it made me feel.

One thing before we jump in, I show up very much as myself here. Myself first, and all my other labels are secondary. If a therapist speaking candidly feels like too much to your system, that is absolutely is OK and this may not be the best particular newsletter for you.

I’ve been focusing on reading so I can complete the Book of the Month Club challenge this year. If I do, the prize is a denim hat that has “READING IS SEXY” embroidered on it. Imagine my surprise when everyone on Reddit is tearing this prize to shreds. It was like finding out people were making fun of my outfit in high school all over again.

Horrifying.

And yet, I still want it. Some could call this growth.

I want you to read through this all because I spent a lot of time on it, but even if you don’t, please at least watch the last YouTube short. It’s worth it.

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