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To all the boys I once led on
Abashedly, I admit that back in the day, I led on a fair share of suitors. A good number of worthy guys would show interest in me, and...
Reimagining Loss
Dear Reader, Today’s entry is about grief and loss. Though this is a subject many find heavy, I hope this entry will leave you with a...
Musing on the Mental Health Crisis
Reader, is it just me or have you also been wondering why the last few decades have seen a spike in mental health issues? What is in our...
Turning Toward Happiness
Really, she’s spending all that money on acrylic nails and partying? I caught myself with this judgmental appraisal while eyeing a...
Ode to an Open Heart
Again and again I succumb to Love’s whispers To open my heart Like a daffodil in the spring, My heart opens Knowing well That this...
Beyond Us
Do you ever feel so caught up in the nonsense of life that you start to feel that you’re living on autopilot? Or that the endless hamster...
A Dance of Nature and Nurture
The Bible tells us a story where parents eat rotten fruit and their children’s teeth become spoiled. Though this ancient text might be...
Brave Heart
They say softness is weakness But what is braver than serving your heart on a silver platter Uncertain of how it will be received What...
Narrative Medicine
Though humans cannot control what happens to them, perhaps people have agency over the story they tell. This is consequential because...
Abandoning a “Good” vs. “Bad” Paradigm
Let’s face it, we live in a complicated world. Even without a global pandemic, extremist ideologies, and natural disasters, life would...
Priceless Pairings
Could it be that the animated film Sausage Party is onto something, and that foods are social creatures much like us humans? Granted the...
Evolutionarily-Rooted Remedies for Well-Being
The modern world is full of luxuries our ancestors could never have fathomed. Notwithstanding, now more than ever before we are...
Beyond Labels
Diagnoses in the DSM-5, short for the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, are constructed by clinical...
Resilience: A Dance between Will and Surrender
Though New Year’s resolutions may be doomed, I have entered this new year with a newfound intention to be more resilient. I notice myself...
Unadulterated Senses
Sight. Sound. Smell. Touch. Taste. These five words encapsulate the entirety of our external experience. Even more, these trusty inputs...
Mind-Body Musings
The mind-body connection has become such a worn out talking point that its integrity, and perhaps worse, it’s tangibility, have become...
Hyper-vigilant Hardwiring
“Chronic stress” has descended into the realm of old news as experts endlessly enumerate the risks associated with it. But what even is...
Zoom Out
As a society, we’ve mastered zooming in. Take our medical system: we have so many disciplines that there are doctors for nearly every...
Self-care vs. Self-indulgence
How does one spot the bewitching line between self-care and self-indulgence? And more crucially, which Netflix episode or spoonful of nut...
Love and Trust
Falling in love can feel scary. Just now, I found myself wanting to soften my words – to insert “a little” or “a tad bit,” but I’m trying...
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I'm Shani, author of SelfWell.
If you have questions, musings, collaboration ideas, or would simply like to chat, reach me at Shani.h.erdman@gmail.com.
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