Issue 2

  • There’s a quiz you can take online. Sixteen questions, Likert scale, it takes a few minutes. At the end, it tells you how you tend to love. (https://dream-owl.com/attachment/index.php)  I scored a 3.67 out of 5 on attachment anxiety. A 1.17 on avoidance. In clinical terms, that means I’m anxiously attached – someone whose nervous system…

  • Dear Little Me, Come here. Not because you’re in trouble. Not because you did anything wrong. Just because I want you close enough to feel that you don’t have to do this alone. I see you trying so hard. I see how you watch people’s faces and moods like it’s your job. I see how…

  • A Season of No Song

    In November of 2016, something happened that none of us with empathy saw coming. I supported Bernie Sanders, both financially and personally. When he dropped…

  • Legacy

    When he was alive, my grandpa used to make all of us grandkids our own dollhouses for our kids. I never used mine- it sat…

  • Attached: A Review

    A good introduction to attachment styles, this book also reassures readers that there’s nothing inherently wrong with a given attachment style, assuring them that whatever…


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