Alli
@alexandratremain.bsky.social
dog 🐶 mom / amateur chef / voracious reader / meditator 🧘♀️/ connector / outdoor enthusiast / wannabe writer / 🦓
Three lives. Eight days.
I wrote about the work behind the headlines—what it takes to change crisis response systems with care, humility, and accountability.
If you care about behavioral health or public trust, I hope you’ll read it.
I wrote about the work behind the headlines—what it takes to change crisis response systems with care, humility, and accountability.
If you care about behavioral health or public trust, I hope you’ll read it.
Beyond the Moment. What Real Change Requires.
A look inside Baltimore’s work to transform crisis response—through sentinel event reviews, deep collaboration, and the quiet work of real change. Real systems change doesn’t happen in the spotlight. ...
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July 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Three lives. Eight days.
I wrote about the work behind the headlines—what it takes to change crisis response systems with care, humility, and accountability.
If you care about behavioral health or public trust, I hope you’ll read it.
I wrote about the work behind the headlines—what it takes to change crisis response systems with care, humility, and accountability.
If you care about behavioral health or public trust, I hope you’ll read it.
I thought I was healing from a tumor.
But the real recovery has been unwinding a decade of chronic stress.
What if healing isn’t just physical?
What if the recovery is in the nervous system?
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#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #Cushings #NervousSystemHealing
But the real recovery has been unwinding a decade of chronic stress.
What if healing isn’t just physical?
What if the recovery is in the nervous system?
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #Cushings #NervousSystemHealing
What if the recovery is in the nervous system?
What if healing isn’t just medical recovery—but nervous system repair after years of high-functioning survival?
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May 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I thought I was healing from a tumor.
But the real recovery has been unwinding a decade of chronic stress.
What if healing isn’t just physical?
What if the recovery is in the nervous system?
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #Cushings #NervousSystemHealing
But the real recovery has been unwinding a decade of chronic stress.
What if healing isn’t just physical?
What if the recovery is in the nervous system?
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #Cushings #NervousSystemHealing
There’s a grief we don’t talk about enough—when someone you loved is still alive, but no longer in your life. No funeral. No closure. No language.
This weekend, I wrote about that kind of loss—and the slow, quiet work of resurrection.
🌿What We Don’t Have Words For
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This weekend, I wrote about that kind of loss—and the slow, quiet work of resurrection.
🌿What We Don’t Have Words For
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What We Don't Have Words For
A grief with no funeral, a resurrection with no ceremony
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April 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
There’s a grief we don’t talk about enough—when someone you loved is still alive, but no longer in your life. No funeral. No closure. No language.
This weekend, I wrote about that kind of loss—and the slow, quiet work of resurrection.
🌿What We Don’t Have Words For
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This weekend, I wrote about that kind of loss—and the slow, quiet work of resurrection.
🌿What We Don’t Have Words For
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“One thing I heard from every group of residents we met with across the city is how much they love Baltimore.”
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, 2017
Ten years after Freddie Gray’s death, I’m still holding the moments that showed that love.
#FreddieGray
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US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, 2017
Ten years after Freddie Gray’s death, I’m still holding the moments that showed that love.
#FreddieGray
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April 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“One thing I heard from every group of residents we met with across the city is how much they love Baltimore.”
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, 2017
Ten years after Freddie Gray’s death, I’m still holding the moments that showed that love.
#FreddieGray
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US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, 2017
Ten years after Freddie Gray’s death, I’m still holding the moments that showed that love.
#FreddieGray
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Today is Cushing’s Awareness Day. Earlier this year I wrote a narrative of my own story to help raise awareness and instill hope for others with a similar experience.
If you haven’t, I hope you’ll read my story:
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#cushings #cushingsawareness #healthcare
If you haven’t, I hope you’ll read my story:
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#cushings #cushingsawareness #healthcare
Sometimes Its Zebras
In honor of Rare Disease Day (the last day of February), I’m sharing my personal journey to help raise awareness and offer hope for others.
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April 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today is Cushing’s Awareness Day. Earlier this year I wrote a narrative of my own story to help raise awareness and instill hope for others with a similar experience.
If you haven’t, I hope you’ll read my story:
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
#cushings #cushingsawareness #healthcare
If you haven’t, I hope you’ll read my story:
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
#cushings #cushingsawareness #healthcare
Ten Lessons from Ten Years in Public Service
What public service has taught me about people, community, and what it really means to show up. These aren’t polished mantras. They’re lived-in truths and still guiding the way I move through work today.
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What public service has taught me about people, community, and what it really means to show up. These aren’t polished mantras. They’re lived-in truths and still guiding the way I move through work today.
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Ten Lessons from Ten Years in Public Service
Originally written in July 2024 to mark my 10-year anniversary in the Mayor’s Office.
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April 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Ten Lessons from Ten Years in Public Service
What public service has taught me about people, community, and what it really means to show up. These aren’t polished mantras. They’re lived-in truths and still guiding the way I move through work today.
open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
What public service has taught me about people, community, and what it really means to show up. These aren’t polished mantras. They’re lived-in truths and still guiding the way I move through work today.
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Why can’t the US be like this?
Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader and front-runner in the 2027 presidential election, was found guilty of embezzlement by a criminal court and immediately barred from running for public office for five years. nyti.ms/4448XzW
April 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Why can’t the US be like this?
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We need to make more noise. This could be any of us.
Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
March 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We need to make more noise. This could be any of us.
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“I’m doing good things,” I tell myself as I delete the military service of a dead woman. “I’m still a good person.”
Iconic Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her contribution scrubbed from Department of Defence website
Web page about iconic Golden Girls actress becomes latest victim of DEI purge
Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her wartime contribution scrubbed from the Department of Defence (DOD) website. The URL now reads "DEIBefore".
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March 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“I’m doing good things,” I tell myself as I delete the military service of a dead woman. “I’m still a good person.”
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“The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ ….The man asked for his mother, then buried his face in his chained hands and cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
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March 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ ….The man asked for his mother, then buried his face in his chained hands and cried as he was slapped again.”
Happy vernal equinox from my pretty pittie ☀️ 🐶 🌺
March 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Happy vernal equinox from my pretty pittie ☀️ 🐶 🌺
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.
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We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
Hating on Artscape
Do Baltimoreans love hating on Artscape more than attending the actual festival? By Carla Ober
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Do Baltimoreans love hating on Artscape more than attending the actual festival? By Carla Ober
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Hating on Artscape
Do Baltimoreans love hating on Artscape more than attending the actual festival?
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March 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hating on Artscape
Do Baltimoreans love hating on Artscape more than attending the actual festival? By Carla Ober
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Do Baltimoreans love hating on Artscape more than attending the actual festival? By Carla Ober
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Cloture has met the 60 votes to pass in the senate with the help of at least 9 Democrats: Schumer, Fetterman, Hassan, Cortez Masto, Durbin, Gillibrand, Shaheen, Schatz, and Peters.
They sold out our country to Trump and Elon. They're traitors to democracy.
They sold out our country to Trump and Elon. They're traitors to democracy.
March 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Cloture has met the 60 votes to pass in the senate with the help of at least 9 Democrats: Schumer, Fetterman, Hassan, Cortez Masto, Durbin, Gillibrand, Shaheen, Schatz, and Peters.
They sold out our country to Trump and Elon. They're traitors to democracy.
They sold out our country to Trump and Elon. They're traitors to democracy.
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AOC: I think there is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal… just to see some senate Democrats even consider acquiescing to Elon Musk. I think it is a huge slap in the face.
March 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
AOC: I think there is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal… just to see some senate Democrats even consider acquiescing to Elon Musk. I think it is a huge slap in the face.
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
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A federal judge in Maryland issued an even more sweeping restraining order on Thursday, surpassing an earlier one from the same day. The order broadly prohibits the Trump administration from implementing any future “reductions in force,” such as this week’s directive to terminate half of the
March 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
A federal judge in Maryland issued an even more sweeping restraining order on Thursday, surpassing an earlier one from the same day. The order broadly prohibits the Trump administration from implementing any future “reductions in force,” such as this week’s directive to terminate half of the
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The new temporary restraining order from Senior Judge James Bredar, an Obama-appointee, covers 18 agencies and will last two weeks, as a challenge to the terminations from Democratic state attorneys general moves forward.
Second federal judge orders temporary reinstatement of thousands of probationary employees fired by the Trump administration | CNN Politics
A second federal judge ruled Thursday that thousands of probationary employees laid off en masse by the Trump administration must be temporarily reinstated to their jobs.
www.cnn.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The new temporary restraining order from Senior Judge James Bredar, an Obama-appointee, covers 18 agencies and will last two weeks, as a challenge to the terminations from Democratic state attorneys general moves forward.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
Today I’m sharing my second Substack piece, “I Didn’t Know How to Be Kind to Myself—Until I Had No Choice”. I’d love if you read it, left a comment or subscribed. 🫶🏼😆
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I Didn’t Know How to Be Kind to Myself—Until I Had No Choice
What My Heartbreak and Illness Taught Me About Self-Compassion
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March 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Today I’m sharing my second Substack piece, “I Didn’t Know How to Be Kind to Myself—Until I Had No Choice”. I’d love if you read it, left a comment or subscribed. 🫶🏼😆
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very much looking forward to the rest of today ✝️🫶🏼
March 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
very much looking forward to the rest of today ✝️🫶🏼
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Meditate today, even for just five minutes.
In describing meditation posture, it is sometimes said that you should have “a strong back and a soft front.”
That’s how a real warrior moves through the world.
In describing meditation posture, it is sometimes said that you should have “a strong back and a soft front.”
That’s how a real warrior moves through the world.
March 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Meditate today, even for just five minutes.
In describing meditation posture, it is sometimes said that you should have “a strong back and a soft front.”
That’s how a real warrior moves through the world.
In describing meditation posture, it is sometimes said that you should have “a strong back and a soft front.”
That’s how a real warrior moves through the world.
Wtf
10 DEMOCRATS VOTED TO CENSURE REP AL GREEN:
Ami Bera
Ed Case
Jim Costa
Laura Gillen
Jim Himes
Chrissy Houlahan
Marcy Kaptur
Jared Moskowitz
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Tom Suozzi
Ami Bera
Ed Case
Jim Costa
Laura Gillen
Jim Himes
Chrissy Houlahan
Marcy Kaptur
Jared Moskowitz
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Tom Suozzi
March 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wtf