
You May Be Feeling
Short essays exploring how you may be feeling these days.
Not so much what to do about those feelings.
But hopefully how to avoid the second arrow of judging them.
Season 2: The Mothering (Rational Tantrums)
Episodes released every Sunday (well, 3 out of 4).
You May Be Feeling
Ep. 6: You Need to Be Put in Your Place(s)
I haven’t been on an airplane in a long time. I can only imagine how hellish it’s become; a microcosm of how well we’re generally faring being around one another.
That we spend so much time in virtual landscapes obviously means we spend so much less in real ones. A lot has been said about our notable drift away from third spaces – those places that aren’t work or home, but afford an opportunity to be out in the world, to practice being human around other humans.
If we don’t get enough exposure to witnessing ourselves in context, our egos only grow and our tolerance for shared anything contracts.