@gretchenl.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist
Seeker of meaning and authentic connection
Fan of science & reason; critical thinking saves lives
Studying Japanese so I can scream into the void in two languages (初級)
Seeker of meaning and authentic connection
Fan of science & reason; critical thinking saves lives
Studying Japanese so I can scream into the void in two languages (初級)
Balm for my soul 🙌🏼
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Balm for my soul 🙌🏼
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
August 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
July 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This photo keeps reminding me of Richard Rohr’s book, Everything Belongs. Everything belongs—shadow and light, cloud and sky, boulder and dust, high ground and riverbed, land and water. We all belong too 💗
#photography #nature #PNW
#photography #nature #PNW
July 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This photo keeps reminding me of Richard Rohr’s book, Everything Belongs. Everything belongs—shadow and light, cloud and sky, boulder and dust, high ground and riverbed, land and water. We all belong too 💗
#photography #nature #PNW
#photography #nature #PNW
June 30, 2025 at 4:05 AM
June 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
My walks are so beautiful these days, it feels like my work lunch breaks are competing with what I find on my days off ☺️🌸 #photography #nature #wildflowers #PNW
June 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
My walks are so beautiful these days, it feels like my work lunch breaks are competing with what I find on my days off ☺️🌸 #photography #nature #wildflowers #PNW
Bees doing their thing is pretty amazing. Capturing any of it in a still shot is a joy. I’m discovering I need to return to the practice of finding good each day 🙌🏼 Definitely soothes the heart and mind. These are some wild times we’re living. Take care ☮️ #photography
June 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Bees doing their thing is pretty amazing. Capturing any of it in a still shot is a joy. I’m discovering I need to return to the practice of finding good each day 🙌🏼 Definitely soothes the heart and mind. These are some wild times we’re living. Take care ☮️ #photography
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"We choose a false and cowardly pacifism that demands a nonviolence from others in the face of a violent threat that does not threaten us, while embracing those who enact that violence because it is a violence that makes us feel safe."
www.the-reframe.com/always-do-th...
www.the-reframe.com/always-do-th...
Always Do The Right Thing
Art that critiques its critics, cowardly pacifisms, and the violence that makes so many of us feel safe.
www.the-reframe.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"We choose a false and cowardly pacifism that demands a nonviolence from others in the face of a violent threat that does not threaten us, while embracing those who enact that violence because it is a violence that makes us feel safe."
www.the-reframe.com/always-do-th...
www.the-reframe.com/always-do-th...
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A corrupt, authoritarian government seizes an innocent man, tortures and jails him on trumped-up charges that change during a manipulated "legal" process. The prisoner is left at the mercy of dehumanizing politicians & jailers to do with what they please.
Holy Week then. America now.
Holy Week then. America now.
April 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A corrupt, authoritarian government seizes an innocent man, tortures and jails him on trumped-up charges that change during a manipulated "legal" process. The prisoner is left at the mercy of dehumanizing politicians & jailers to do with what they please.
Holy Week then. America now.
Holy Week then. America now.
April 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Wishing everyone peace and deep breaths today. A world of change is moving so quickly—it’s okay to stop and take a breath. Be safe friends.
Kamakura, Japan, Oct. 2024
#photography #travel #Japan #gardens
Kamakura, Japan, Oct. 2024
#photography #travel #Japan #gardens
April 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wishing everyone peace and deep breaths today. A world of change is moving so quickly—it’s okay to stop and take a breath. Be safe friends.
Kamakura, Japan, Oct. 2024
#photography #travel #Japan #gardens
Kamakura, Japan, Oct. 2024
#photography #travel #Japan #gardens
Went to Trader Joe’s last night and the checker asked about anything amazing I’d done with my day. I sheepishly admitted I’d taken some photos of clouds I enjoyed. Checker looked about 12 (so prolly at least 22) smiled broadly and said “REALLY? I love clouds too!” We exchanged our favorite recent
March 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Went to Trader Joe’s last night and the checker asked about anything amazing I’d done with my day. I sheepishly admitted I’d taken some photos of clouds I enjoyed. Checker looked about 12 (so prolly at least 22) smiled broadly and said “REALLY? I love clouds too!” We exchanged our favorite recent
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If there's one thing that domestic violence research has taught me, it's that abusers set up no-win scenarios. They punish you whether you cooperate with them or whether you push back.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
March 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If there's one thing that domestic violence research has taught me, it's that abusers set up no-win scenarios. They punish you whether you cooperate with them or whether you push back.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
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The death-rattle of Empire is horrific
And it will take as many with it as it can
But a new world is possible
And a new world is in the process of emerging.
We must work to bring it into being as quickly as we can.
And it will take as many with it as it can
But a new world is possible
And a new world is in the process of emerging.
We must work to bring it into being as quickly as we can.
March 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The death-rattle of Empire is horrific
And it will take as many with it as it can
But a new world is possible
And a new world is in the process of emerging.
We must work to bring it into being as quickly as we can.
And it will take as many with it as it can
But a new world is possible
And a new world is in the process of emerging.
We must work to bring it into being as quickly as we can.
🙌🏼💗
We are living now inside the imagination of people who thought economic disparity and environmental destruction were acceptable costs for their power. It is our right and responsibility to write ourselves into the future.
~ Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
We are living now inside the imagination of people who thought economic disparity and environmental destruction were acceptable costs for their power. It is our right and responsibility to write ourselves into the future.
~ Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
March 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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We are living now inside the imagination of people who thought economic disparity and environmental destruction were acceptable costs for their power. It is our right and responsibility to write ourselves into the future.
~ Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
We are living now inside the imagination of people who thought economic disparity and environmental destruction were acceptable costs for their power. It is our right and responsibility to write ourselves into the future.
~ Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Sometimes all we can see is what’s right in front of us. But when we look up or otherwise change our perspective, there can be an entirely different world waiting. Kamakura, Japan Oct. 2024 #photography #gardens #Japan
February 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sometimes all we can see is what’s right in front of us. But when we look up or otherwise change our perspective, there can be an entirely different world waiting. Kamakura, Japan Oct. 2024 #photography #gardens #Japan
The Ultimate "Leopards Ate My Face" Rendition!
YouTube video by Franchesca Ramsey
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February 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Knowledge is power…
February 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Knowledge is power…
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Hey, Dems in Congress, the reason we keep calling & asking you to do more is b/c we need you to do more. From our POV it looks like there’s no strategy & we elected you to represent us. If there’s something you need us to do, tell us & we’ll help but whatever you’re doing now isn’t working.
February 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hey, Dems in Congress, the reason we keep calling & asking you to do more is b/c we need you to do more. From our POV it looks like there’s no strategy & we elected you to represent us. If there’s something you need us to do, tell us & we’ll help but whatever you’re doing now isn’t working.
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Here’s a strategy: 1) establish the frames, what problems will these changes cause, how will they impact communities; 2) inspire people to use those frames to tell their own stories of their families or communities are impacted; 3) amplify those stories.
Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.
February 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Here’s a strategy: 1) establish the frames, what problems will these changes cause, how will they impact communities; 2) inspire people to use those frames to tell their own stories of their families or communities are impacted; 3) amplify those stories.
Still in love with bamboo 😍 Side trail bamboo grove at Fushimi Inari, Kyoto, Oct. 2024.
#photography #nature #travel #Japan
#photography #nature #travel #Japan
February 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Still in love with bamboo 😍 Side trail bamboo grove at Fushimi Inari, Kyoto, Oct. 2024.
#photography #nature #travel #Japan
#photography #nature #travel #Japan
January 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM