It’s the time of year where scary things get their time to shine. Halloween is coming and everyone’s imaginations are dialed up as they ready themselves to don costumes representing their wildest dreams, their funniest jokes, or their worst nightmares. Some participants are tiptoeing through haunted houses and watching horror films, taunting fear as a…
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It took me a long time to seek help, so it took me a long time to put a name to what I had been feeling for several years. I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder years ago, and when I thought maybe the doctors were wrong, I was diagnosed again by two more doctors.…
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Although the autumnal equinox is the thing that tells us when the season formally clicks from summer to fall, it’s never official in my house until I make my annual batch of Apple Pie Moonshine in early October. I’m not a recipe blogger, but due to demand I’ll share my recipe because it’s damn good…
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I am an Octopus. While it sounds like an odd choice for a spirit animal, I bet you’re an Octopus too. Most women can relate to the necessity of gliding through life, managing eight different things at a time. Sometimes that octopus looks majestic AF; rolling through with a baby in one arm, a laptop…
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Last Saturday, I stretched out across the bed with the sunlight streaming through the window. I was in that space between sleep and awake. The peaceful moment that welcomed me into a new day was interrupted as I sensed my husband standing in the doorway, looking at me. “There’s a mouse in the house.” He…
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Just like any other parent with kids returning to school this term, I am full of hope for a happy and successful school year. As I see the many images of kids in backpacks, grinning and styled in their best back-to-school outfits, I wonder about what success really means for all of these kids. Is…
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I thought I knew myself when I was younger. I thought I knew my stance and exactly how I would react to any scenario, regardless of never actually being in any similar circumstance. I was confident that my view of the world was solid, and whenever I would give my strong opinions on situations I…
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Day after day, I see fluffy inspirational quotes and images of what motherhood and family life are supposed to be. The images and quotes typically have an airy and serene feel to them, with their pastel colors and bleached smiles. The quotes wax poetic about how being a parent is the single most important part of…
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Here at The Well-Adjusted Adult, I want to encourage you to get off-line and take the time to invest in yourself. Your are more than your responsibilities to everyone and everything else. I believe that a well-adjusted life is one in which ALL facets of who we are can be tended to. These events are…
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I think about the future a lot, but it’s usually in some wort of weird anxiety-filled consideration of all the bad parts that could possibly come my way. I think about who’s gonna die first between my husband and I. I wonder if sex is going to be weird once we are elderly. In my…
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