Morning Musings

Morning Musings is a delight-first writing practice where I put my fingers on the keyboard and see if any ideas want to play. If you’re new to my Musings, here’s the start of an index:

About Morning Musings:

  1. An Introduction (or: what feels true right now) - https://keelyc.substack.com/p/an-introduction-february-2023 

Best of:

  1.  Advice from your Nepalese Auntie - https://keelyc.substack.com/p/advice-from-your-nepalese-auntie 

  2. Balanced truth telling - https://keelyc.substack.com/p/balanced-truth-telling 

  3. Stubborn Gladness: Lessons from Five Early Deaths - https://keelyc.substack.com/p/stubborn-gladness-lessons-from-five 

  4. Musings on 12 Years in Recovery - https://keelyc.substack.com/p/celebrating-12-years-in-recoverybut

  5. #252: On Relating - https://keelyc.substack.com/p/252-on-relating

A few that got laughs (aka: my ridiculous family): 

“When people tell me to shake what my momma gave me, I have a print out of your musings to show off my generational trauma.” - Thor

  1. Thor, Ass Cancer and Magic: How my “laid-back” brother helps me shift my mood

  2. Thanksgiving Heart Claps

  3. My Family Still Holds Interventions, Even Though I’m 8 Years Sober

Mothering/Parenthood:

  1. #256: The Little Things - https://keelyc.substack.com/p/256-the-little-things 

Boundaries:

  1. Rage Veins, Boundaries & Opening Your Mouth

  2. With friends like these…

  3. Burn It All Away

  4. My Mom’s Villain Chapter

  5. Friends Who Celebrate Your No 

Burnout:

  1. Stop Playing with Fire

  2. Wiggly Walks in Nature, Becoming Friends with Oprah and Learning How to Make Good Decisions

Depression:

  1. Dry Heaving and Crying: Life During the Antidepressant Years (this is a Facebook link, but it’s a publicly shared post so you don’t have to have a Facebook account to see it)

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