[Originally published on Substack on May 10, 2024. Moving it here as part of building a more complete, unified archive of my work.] I am hungry. Oh so very hungry. That gnawing, unsettled feeling of needing more. My body knows it. But gosh, my brain is trying to tell me, “no, you’re fine. You’re just making excuses. Ignore that gnawing, that knowing, and sit here and do that thing on your to-do list today. Just push through.” I’ve been through the cycles of gaining and losing

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Originally published December 22, 2022 You know how lots of people get all excited about the holidays, put up their Christmas tree right after Thanksgiving, get all of their shopping done early, play Christmas music non-stop through the month of December? Yeah. I am so not one of them. I would go so far as to call myself a holiday grinch. The weight of the expectations from this season is just too much for me. While I try to embrace the fun of it with my daughters, I’m not su

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Welcome to The Space In Between Blog, where we examine the culture, conditions, and questions that shape our careers and lives. Where we...