shel

The Transsexual Chofetz Chaim

Mutant, librarian, poet, union rabble rouser, dog, Ashkenazi Jewish. Neuroweird, bodyweird, mostly sleepy.


I write about transformative justice, community, love, Judaism, Neurodivergence, mental health, Disability, geography, rivers, labor, and libraries; through poetry, opinionated essays, and short fiction.


I review Schoolhouse Rock! songs at @PropagandaRock


Website (RSS + Newsletter)
shelraphen.com/

Folks I am again mad that corporate “wellness” grifts have ruined the word “mindfulness” by prescribing a watered down version of it as a cure all solution to worker stress that is being actively induced by a hostile and inadequate work environment.

Because mindfulness, as in the actual therapy skill most commonly used in dialectical behavior therapy, is an extremely useful skill that basically makes you into Neo from the Matrix allowing you to achieve a level of slowed down self awareness which lets you think through how you’re feeling and what coping skills will help in a moment of stress rather than acting on impulse without thinking or getting stuck spiraling or panicking. And I never stop finding even more ways that it has improved my life.

And most people hear the word and think of the Amazon warehouse guided meditation closet


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i spit out my non existent drink when i read the last line. i did not know amazon did this. shouldn't be a surprise but then no one should ever have to expect an idea like this. what the fucking actual fuck