Archive - Dr. Dan's Writing

How to Love a Tree

(More importantly, how I want to love the girl I married)

Dec 13 •

October 2024

The Two Forms of Self-Care

(If you still feel burned out even when you try to relax, you'll want to read this)

Oct 2 •

July 2024

Frozen, Flowing, and Flooded: What it Means to "Process Trauma" or "Work Through Your Emotions"

(There's a reason therapy helps with this stuff)

Jul 28 •

May 2024

I started a Substack!

(But you knew that already, right?)

May 5 •

(And loving yourself, I guess)

May 5 •

On Comfort & Grief

(Learning from a lost carpet and a painted rose)

May 5 •

Kind, True, Necessary

(How to decide whether to say something they might not want to hear)

May 5 •

The problem with Shia LaBeouf

(Or, "Why you can't motivate yourself even when you really want to")

May 5 •

How to Set Boundaries

(And why they're different from ultimatums)

May 5 •

Burn Your Boats

(A leap of faith, or a lack of commitment?)

May 5 •

Meowster the Good

(This is a sad one. Stay away if you're sensitive to the loss of a pet)

May 5 •

You Slay One Dragon and it Ruins Your Whole Life.

(I wrote a story)

May 5 •

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