Occasionally, now, I’ll hear the bouncing of a basketball or, at night, the bass of a boombox. Mostly I hear the sirens en route to the hospital further down the block.
Mary Gaulke: Content strategist, feminist, theater enthusiast, nerd
Category: Personal
I spend a lot of time reminding myself that I’m in my body. I can’t afford to be unkind to myself. I enact affirmation, over and over. Yes, I value this body. Yes, I want to protect it.
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My favorite piece of mental health advice comes from Tracy Morgan. In a 2016 Rolling Stone interview with Brian Hiatt, he discussed the experience of being in a near-fatal car accident: