When Your Life Looks Like a Patagonia Ad (But You Feel Like Garbage Inside)
You have the stunning summit photo. You're killing it at work. You feel like trash inside. There's a name for that gap, and you don't have to keep muscling through it.
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Shoulder Season Sorrow
It’s fall in Colorado—the aspens have peaked and dropped their golden bangles and the heat in my office is on an unpredictable rollercoaster. Shoulder season in Colorado mountain towns has a very specific vibe, and when you're a mountain town person there's a lot to take care of during these transitional months. For those of us who tend towards depression, shoulder season throws us an additional challenge in the form of thoughts and feelings of dread when facing the dark winter months. Let's do some mental health prepping during shoulder season so you're more prepared for the cold months ahead.
Colorado Comparison Disorder: Summer 2024 Edition
Summer is in full swing in Durango—the trails are dusty, the rivers are back down to a trickle, and Lake Nighthorse has reached a tolerable swimming temperature. The Animas is chock full of small, colorful boats and groups of gangly adolescent geese, and bikers are woo-hooing down the jump trails in the Gulch. ‘Tis the season for increased play and for filling the long sunny days with fun. It’s also the season when Colorado Comparison Disorder—a common and under-acknowledged problem here in our great state—rears its MIPS-protected head.
Fusion Happens, or Why This Blog is Late
If you’re a human being, you’ve probably experienced difficult thoughts and feelings when starting a task or a project. From an ACT lens, all human suffering—including suffering related to undertaking a task or project our mind labels as difficult—is rooted in psychological inflexibility. Psychological inflexibility feels pertinent as we travel into the new year, a rich time for reflection and forward momentum and an easy time to slip into psychological inflexibility.