How are You Feeling? Identifying Grief in the Time of Covid
“How are you feeling?,” my therapist asked when I started talk therapy about three years ago. I looked at her mutely, confused and...
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Welcome to Brash. Stories about living a full, meaningful life in midlife or at any age.
pamradtkerussell
- Jan 1, 2022
- 3 min
Moving Out of My Comfort Zone and Hoping for Change in 2022
Earlier this year, I got a phone call from a close friend and former colleague, Emily Holden. She had recently started a non-profit...
pamradtkerussell
- Dec 26, 2021
- 2 min
Twas the Day After Christmas: Why Internal Gifts are Better Than External Things
Happy Boxing Day! For a long time I thought Boxing Day was a yearly “Trading Places” kind of tradition in the U.K., thanks to an episode...
pamradtkerussell
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
Breaking and Rebuilding a Life After 50
My midlife crisis has gone something like this: I wake up at 3 a.m. and say to myself “oh shit, now I get it!” In the morning, I have a...
pamradtkerussell
- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
Christmas Cards and the Art of Curating the Lie of a Perfect Life
Don’t expect a card from me this year… or maybe ever again. I never routinely sent out cards. But when I did, I went all out. One year...
pamradtkerussell
- Dec 5, 2021
- 2 min
Giving Up the Black Cloud of Negativity
I recently was enjoying a quiet night at home, seated on the couch, about to open a book when, “BEEP BEEP …… BEEP BEEP….. BEEP BEEP.” The...
pamradtkerussell
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
The Unspoken Burden of Creating a 'Perfect' Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving week. It used to be a week I looked forward to. It was a week I could show off my culinary skills and impress my family and...
pamradtkerussell
- Nov 14, 2021
- 4 min
Vacation Meditation: How Staying in the Present Moment Can Bring You a Holiday High, Every Day
This week while I was meditating thoughts crept in (as they always do) and I began imagining how great everything would be if I just lost...
pamradtkerussell
- Nov 7, 2021
- 3 min
Taking Charge of Your Own Happiness
When I was a child, in the early 1980’s, there was a peony farm off the road out of my subdivision in South Bend, Indiana. In the summer,...
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