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I turn life-altering experiences into resilient life frameworks. Expect actionable guides on self-advocacy, wellness, and navigating the 'after recovery toolkit.
Haiku writer. Global explorer.
Reader. Trekkie. Tech lover.
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Haiku writer. Global explorer.
Reader. Trekkie. Tech lover.
Boldly going.
filled with potential-
the slumbering day: awakes!
winter's blurred outline
(C) 2025 TheMindInk / tejan868
November 9, 2025
the slumbering day: awakes!
winter's blurred outline
(C) 2025 TheMindInk / tejan868
November 9, 2025
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
filled with potential-
the slumbering day: awakes!
winter's blurred outline
(C) 2025 TheMindInk / tejan868
November 9, 2025
the slumbering day: awakes!
winter's blurred outline
(C) 2025 TheMindInk / tejan868
November 9, 2025
How to Ask Better Questions Other Than "How Are You?" A compassionate guide to achieve genuine, empathetic connection.
September 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
How to Ask Better Questions Other Than "How Are You?" A compassionate guide to achieve genuine, empathetic connection.
The Art of the Silent Visit provides a practical tool for just "being there". Your loved one navigating a complex major illness challenge does not need or want another task. Their burden already feels like a mountain. Instead, lighten their load: offer them the gift of a Silent Visit.
September 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The Art of the Silent Visit provides a practical tool for just "being there". Your loved one navigating a complex major illness challenge does not need or want another task. Their burden already feels like a mountain. Instead, lighten their load: offer them the gift of a Silent Visit.
A powerful three-act drama that chronicles the journey from the disorienting shock of a traumatic event to a final, empowered call to arms. Stark, capitalized headings guide the reader through three distinct emotional and psychological states: numbness, defiance, and resolute action.
September 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A powerful three-act drama that chronicles the journey from the disorienting shock of a traumatic event to a final, empowered call to arms. Stark, capitalized headings guide the reader through three distinct emotional and psychological states: numbness, defiance, and resolute action.
Purpose: To provide immediate, powerful validation for anyone who has ever "lost it" in the face of medical gaslighting or bureaucratic dismissal. This is the Journeyman's battle cry.
September 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Purpose: To provide immediate, powerful validation for anyone who has ever "lost it" in the face of medical gaslighting or bureaucratic dismissal. This is the Journeyman's battle cry.
a sharp and searing indictment of a specific kind of betrayal—one rooted in the dismissive act of stereotyping, which transforms a personal connection into an intentional, cataclysmic event.
September 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
a sharp and searing indictment of a specific kind of betrayal—one rooted in the dismissive act of stereotyping, which transforms a personal connection into an intentional, cataclysmic event.
A major diagnosis shatters your concept of time, reclaim your agency and build a new successful life: one that you savour and fully live in each moment.
September 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
A major diagnosis shatters your concept of time, reclaim your agency and build a new successful life: one that you savour and fully live in each moment.
We have walked our Camino, our journey of self-discovery. In so doing, we have not just discovered, but grown and connected. We now actively architect the future, our future! Here's how you do it...
September 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We have walked our Camino, our journey of self-discovery. In so doing, we have not just discovered, but grown and connected. We now actively architect the future, our future! Here's how you do it...
As we move forward, we navigate a new sea and progress to meaning-making. This article asks, "How do we find purpose, not after the struggle, but during it?" Let us now explore the purpose behind the pain, and uncover new realizations leading to greater wisdom.
September 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
As we move forward, we navigate a new sea and progress to meaning-making. This article asks, "How do we find purpose, not after the struggle, but during it?" Let us now explore the purpose behind the pain, and uncover new realizations leading to greater wisdom.
It is natural on any journey to have setbacks, delays, even outright cancellations. With healing though, the challenge is even greater. Each delay or setback feels like fresh failure. We explore how to leverage these seeming failures to regain momentum and achieve a gravity assisted slingshot.
September 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It is natural on any journey to have setbacks, delays, even outright cancellations. With healing though, the challenge is even greater. Each delay or setback feels like fresh failure. We explore how to leverage these seeming failures to regain momentum and achieve a gravity assisted slingshot.
The journey through the "in-between" is the most challenging and transformative stage. It is where we learn to stop yearning for the 'before' and begin build the future. By honoring our past and simultaneously planting seeds for our future, we find healing grace and bright futures.
September 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The journey through the "in-between" is the most challenging and transformative stage. It is where we learn to stop yearning for the 'before' and begin build the future. By honoring our past and simultaneously planting seeds for our future, we find healing grace and bright futures.
"The Myth of Linear Healing," is a deep dive into this compassionate framework. Read on Substack! LINK https://open.substack.com/pub/tejan868/p/the-myth-of-linear-healing-embracing?r=2zrcaz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
August 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"The Myth of Linear Healing," is a deep dive into this compassionate framework. Read on Substack! LINK https://open.substack.com/pub/tejan868/p/the-myth-of-linear-healing-embracing?r=2zrcaz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
A diagnosis is an avalanche that splits life into 'before' and 'after.' But illness burns away lies about invincibility, leaving honest scars that mark where real healing began. #Kintsug
August 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A diagnosis is an avalanche that splits life into 'before' and 'after.' But illness burns away lies about invincibility, leaving honest scars that mark where real healing began. #Kintsug
An elegant, simple solution to managing information overload during your recovery journey.
August 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
An elegant, simple solution to managing information overload during your recovery journey.
You can't see the moon until you've honored the ashes.
Society rushes you to find silver linings before processing devastation. Real healing requires acknowledging what was lost, not avoiding it.
What part of your "before" deserves to be honored today?
Society rushes you to find silver linings before processing devastation. Real healing requires acknowledging what was lost, not avoiding it.
What part of your "before" deserves to be honored today?
August 26, 2025 at 4:33 AM
You can't see the moon until you've honored the ashes.
Society rushes you to find silver linings before processing devastation. Real healing requires acknowledging what was lost, not avoiding it.
What part of your "before" deserves to be honored today?
Society rushes you to find silver linings before processing devastation. Real healing requires acknowledging what was lost, not avoiding it.
What part of your "before" deserves to be honored today?
The post-crisis numbness isn't brokenness—it's your soul's circuit breaker protecting you from overload. That desperate urge to "kiss lightning" and feel alive again? It's life calling you home. Don't chase the lightning. Gather sparks: reconnect with your body through simple touch, your senses thro
August 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The post-crisis numbness isn't brokenness—it's your soul's circuit breaker protecting you from overload. That desperate urge to "kiss lightning" and feel alive again? It's life calling you home. Don't chase the lightning. Gather sparks: reconnect with your body through simple touch, your senses thro
August 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Caring for The Warrior (The Survivor): They are forged in the fire and found new strength. They don't need pity; they need a Witness.
✅ DO: Acknowledge their resilience. ("It's amazing how you're handling this.")
❌ DON'T: Use platitudes. ("You're so strong, you'll beat this.")
✅ DO: Acknowledge their resilience. ("It's amazing how you're handling this.")
❌ DON'T: Use platitudes. ("You're so strong, you'll beat this.")
August 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Caring for The Warrior (The Survivor): They are forged in the fire and found new strength. They don't need pity; they need a Witness.
✅ DO: Acknowledge their resilience. ("It's amazing how you're handling this.")
❌ DON'T: Use platitudes. ("You're so strong, you'll beat this.")
✅ DO: Acknowledge their resilience. ("It's amazing how you're handling this.")
❌ DON'T: Use platitudes. ("You're so strong, you'll beat this.")
Caring for The Swan (The Performer): Exhausted by their performance of "I'm fine." They don't need a cheerleader; they need an Ally.
✅ DO: Offer specific, easy-to-accept help. ("I'm dropping off dinner on Tuesday.")
❌ DON'T: Ask "What can I do?" (This is another task for them.)
✅ DO: Offer specific, easy-to-accept help. ("I'm dropping off dinner on Tuesday.")
❌ DON'T: Ask "What can I do?" (This is another task for them.)
August 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Caring for The Swan (The Performer): Exhausted by their performance of "I'm fine." They don't need a cheerleader; they need an Ally.
✅ DO: Offer specific, easy-to-accept help. ("I'm dropping off dinner on Tuesday.")
❌ DON'T: Ask "What can I do?" (This is another task for them.)
✅ DO: Offer specific, easy-to-accept help. ("I'm dropping off dinner on Tuesday.")
❌ DON'T: Ask "What can I do?" (This is another task for them.)
a portrait of the ongoing, hidden struggle of living....part of an upcoming series The Diptych (The Poet's Path)
August 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
a portrait of the ongoing, hidden struggle of living....part of an upcoming series The Diptych (The Poet's Path)
a portrait of the proud, final confrontation with dying...from an upcoming series The Diptych (The Poet's Path)
August 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
a portrait of the proud, final confrontation with dying...from an upcoming series The Diptych (The Poet's Path)
The "act you put on" during recuperation and adjusting to a new reality following a serious illness frequently entails a mix of psychological, social, emotional, and physical changes. It calls for commitment and courage to be honest.
August 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The "act you put on" during recuperation and adjusting to a new reality following a serious illness frequently entails a mix of psychological, social, emotional, and physical changes. It calls for commitment and courage to be honest.
This three-step pathway brings much needed objectivity about just how resilient we have been in our efforts to overcome our major illness. It is now time for us to thrive!
August 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This three-step pathway brings much needed objectivity about just how resilient we have been in our efforts to overcome our major illness. It is now time for us to thrive!
As Journeymen, post-treatment often finds us starting over. Often, we feel unready for this transition. This guide provides an insightful understanding of what it feels like to navigate your new landscape by taking that first, most important step.
August 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
As Journeymen, post-treatment often finds us starting over. Often, we feel unready for this transition. This guide provides an insightful understanding of what it feels like to navigate your new landscape by taking that first, most important step.