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Re: Divine Discontent and the Reluctant Mystic

Joanna Weston — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:28:32 -0000

Thanks for letting me know, Tom! I just tried it, and it worked for me. The acknowledgement that the form went through showed up in the side bar, which is strange and unexpected, but the confirmation message did show up in my inbox a minute later. I'm going to continue to look into this, but if you send me your email address ("joanna" at this domain name) I can add you to the list manually.

Re: Divine Discontent and the Reluctant Mystic

Tom — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:50:02 -0000

Thank you, Joanna, for a well thought out and thought provoking article. I tried signing up for your newsletter, but the 'subscribe' button doesn't seem to work.

Best wishes.

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 2

Liz — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:51:28 -0000

Love your writing, Joanna! Thank you for sharing this!

Re: A Sense of Home, a Time of Sorrow: Boston After the Bombs

Ann — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:44:55 -0000

Joanna, I relate to your sense of home and of home being a spiritual connection with a geographical place, and not necessarily the one you were born into. I'm sorry your geographical place was violated by this tragedy and hope your spiritual connection is strengthened by it.

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 2

Joanna Weston — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:15:07 -0000

Thank you! If I can't back it up with personal experience, then how can I be sure it's true, right? :-)

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 2

Joanna Weston — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:14:19 -0000

Thanks! Most of it really is just basic relationship advice, but I think the dangers of not following it get even stepper with depression.

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 2

Rose — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:53:20 -0000

Hey Joanna,
I'm picking up what you're putting down. I love the way you write. Loaded with good information, and I love hearing real examples from your life.

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 2

maxdaniels — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:54:32 -0000

Super-smart and pithy advice. It always works when you're not depressed, too. Basically, relationship gold.

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 2

Joanna Weston — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:09:49 -0000

That is an excellent point -- thank you for bringing it to my attention! I had already decided that I needed to do a third post in this series, but it sounds like I may need a fourth, as well -- I will definitely address that issue.

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 1

An — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:28:38 -0000

Would love to read your musings on that too! So love this post! And this " They believe they are saying “See? If you just deal with your own issues, you can find the relationships you seek!”, but what we hear is “You are damaged goods. You can not have love or friendship. Give up.” This is neither helpful nor true." is so spot on!

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 2

Chris Spaight Babcock — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:33:10 -0000

Joanna, I love this series that you're doing. I wish I'd had this when I was single and depressed.

Could you please address what if their actions do support the idea that they don't care about you? Because in my case, the guys I chose to date when I was depressed were... unworthy, shall we say. The way they treated me was nothing I would stand for while not depressed.

I imagine that this is not unusual.

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 1

Liz — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:25:02 -0000

This is fantastic and inspiring, Joanna (as always!) Thanks for posting!

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 1

Lisa Sonora Beam — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:46:01 -0000

ooh...please, do, geek out with Jung + idea debunking. Great topic. Looking forward to reading more.

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 1

Joanna Weston — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:01:25 -0000

I'm actually planning to share more of that in my newsletter (either this week or next week -- haven't decided where it's more relevant yet).

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 1

Joanna Weston — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:00:46 -0000

Thank you! It's a personal pet peeve of mine, too. Someday I will write a brief essay debunking the idea that "you can't find love until you fully love yourself" -- Jung is intimately involved the argument, because that is how much of a nerd I am ;-)

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 1

Anna — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:45:38 -0000

Would love it if you shared your story on how you and your husband met!

Re: Dating and the Depressed: Part 1

Kylie Bellard — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:04:21 -0000

Oh yes oh yes! I've always thought it could not possibly be true that you can't find love until you fully love yourself, which is another one of those platitudes that people throw around. I love this so very much.

Re: Why I am Proud to be a Nerd

maxdaniels — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:24:13 -0000

YES to all of this! Here's what I am excited about today: I have admitted I am not a New Yorker kinda gal. And I have subscribed to New York magazine, which I love! And also Entertainment Weekly, which I love! And I enthuse here because wheeeee! between you and EW, I'ma catch up with Dr Who :)

Re: Why I am Proud to be a Nerd

Sarah Goshman — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:33:20 -0000

That is an amazing quote!! I definitely realized recently that at some point I stopped expressing excitement about things because it was too nerdy, and I've been working on taking down all the walls... but there are a lot of them. I'm a total fangirl so the things I'm excited about list can get long. I'm still squeeing over the final episodes of Lizzie Bennett Diaries, and zomg, Six Flags opens next weekend! I am HUGELY excited about roller coasters.

Re: Why I am Proud to be a Nerd

Joanna Weston — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:48:21 -0000

Yes! It is such a better way to go through life, isn't it? I'm not as good at it as I'd like to be yet, but I'm getting there.

Re: Why I am Proud to be a Nerd

Kylie Bellard — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:38:21 -0000

Oh heavens! That quote at the beginning made me laugh out loud (quite literally)! It's like you wrote this for ME. When I started to really celebrate the little stuff I get crazy-excited about, I started having so much more fun. Like, I get giggly with anticipation when I think about visiting the library now. And it's SO MUCH FUN!

Re: Celebrating Impracticality

Joanna Weston — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:47:29 -0000

Ha! Thanks.

Re: Celebrating Impracticality

Joanna Weston — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:47:18 -0000

Thanks!

Re: Celebrating Impracticality

Joanna Weston — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:47:09 -0000

Exactly! But I think that people almost always forget that creativity (a valued quality) never looks practical

Re: Celebrating Impracticality

Joanna Weston — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:46:14 -0000

That's the theory ;-)