mental health Archives - https://rachmcmahon.com/tag/mental-health/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:31:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/rachmcmahon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MG_8149b-scaled.jpg?fit=32%2C21&ssl=1 mental health Archives - https://rachmcmahon.com/tag/mental-health/ 32 32 209521612 What Do I Want? https://rachmcmahon.com/what-do-i-want/ https://rachmcmahon.com/what-do-i-want/#respond Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:27:59 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=9777 It’s harder to figure out than I realized. I’m doing this five-year journal called One Question A Day. So far, I’m enjoying it. The first question (Jan. 1) is, “What goal would you like to accomplish this year?” to which I replied, “I want to gain flexibility and strength in all aspects of who IContinue reading "What Do I Want?"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/what-do-i-want/feed/ 0 9777 How to destroy gluttony … along with yourself. https://rachmcmahon.com/quenching-how-to-destroy-gluttony-along-with-yourself/ https://rachmcmahon.com/quenching-how-to-destroy-gluttony-along-with-yourself/#comments Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:28:07 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=8717 Last night I experienced something amazing. Something worth sharing with the 95 people sitting there ready to listen to me. And then I picked up a microphone and killed it. But not in a mic drop way. In a mic wasting way. Who Am I? I posted several months ago about learning that I’d beenContinue reading "How to destroy gluttony … along with yourself."

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/quenching-how-to-destroy-gluttony-along-with-yourself/feed/ 6 8717 The Pinkish Cup https://rachmcmahon.com/the-pinkish-cup/ https://rachmcmahon.com/the-pinkish-cup/#comments Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:48:15 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=8619 Am I crazy? You be the judge. I recently confided to my bestie that I might actually be bonkers. Maybe not diagnosable, but at the very least, missing some mental hardware. My Confession I’m sure we all have quirks we don’t talk about. Maybe everyone experiences moments of doubt about their sanity. We talk toContinue reading "The Pinkish Cup"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/the-pinkish-cup/feed/ 3 8619 Sabbatical https://rachmcmahon.com/sabbatical/ https://rachmcmahon.com/sabbatical/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:56:03 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=8258 Day One I’ve never taken a trip by myself before. While I was in re:generation, I stayed one night in a hotel to do my inventory. I made the mistake of booking close to home, and as soon as I was finished with my work, I went straight there. This time I found a cabinContinue reading "Sabbatical"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/sabbatical/feed/ 3 8258 EMDR https://rachmcmahon.com/emdr/ https://rachmcmahon.com/emdr/#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:08:02 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=8229 In my first EMDR session, I learned that I don’t know what I’m talking about. Not that I didn’t know. That I still don’t. It’s not a terrible place to be, because I like to learn. Also, the less I know, the less I’m afraid I’m forcing things to happen. It felt a bit thatContinue reading "EMDR"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/emdr/feed/ 2 8229 Chaos https://rachmcmahon.com/chaos/ https://rachmcmahon.com/chaos/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2024 16:26:55 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=7860 I happened upon a little boy, sitting on the ground beside a hole filled with baby snakes. He was stirring it with a stick, watching them writhe. When he noticed me, he accidentally flicked the stick. Out popped one baby snake, which slithered away. Dozens remained inside, but his eyes followed the escaped one, andContinue reading "Chaos"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/chaos/feed/ 2 7860 A Time for Everything https://rachmcmahon.com/a-time-for-everything/ https://rachmcmahon.com/a-time-for-everything/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:11:15 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=7724 No Time Like the Present? Or no time BUT the present? I live in a constant state of frantic hurry, chasing moving targets, burning myself out. I take pictures so I can look back, forgetting to look around in the moment. I nearly did that today, even after my son counseled me last night toContinue reading "A Time for Everything"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/a-time-for-everything/feed/ 2 7724 Flat on My Back https://rachmcmahon.com/flat-on-my-back/ https://rachmcmahon.com/flat-on-my-back/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2023 18:22:11 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=7049 Last week was rough. I feel less like I’m on a roller coaster now and more like I’m on a seesaw. Still up and down, but not nearly as exciting. Re:generation is hard. Inventory is hard. I thought I had knocked it out. On the first week of inventory, I got a hotel room andContinue reading "Flat on My Back"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/flat-on-my-back/feed/ 4 7049 Glitter Pen Girl https://rachmcmahon.com/glitter-pen-girl/ https://rachmcmahon.com/glitter-pen-girl/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:25:37 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=7030 I’ve always been a pencil person. I have a power sharpener by my desk, and I zip a pencil in it every time I so much as jot down an item on my grocery list. Then back into the pencil cup it goes, tip upward, one yellow beast in a bouquet of wrist stabbers. TheContinue reading "Glitter Pen Girl"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/glitter-pen-girl/feed/ 1 7030 Inventory https://rachmcmahon.com/inventory/ https://rachmcmahon.com/inventory/#comments Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:07:09 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=6993 The re:gen book asked for my first impression of the inventory process. Usually, I find narrowing down my response difficult. I can write thousands of words in minutes, but summaries slay me. Today, not so much. In a word: NO In a few more words: NO NO NO NO NO I don’t want to leaveContinue reading "Inventory"

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