by SB Rawz | Aug 8, 2022 | The Deep Dive
A couple of weeks ago, I did something that felt pretty radical. As a nurse beckoned me from the waiting room to a scale on the way to the exam room in my doctor’s office, I asked, “Why?” Why step on the scale? What info to be had from the fact that my weigh goes up a... by SB Rawz | May 16, 2022 | The Deep Dive
It is the rare occasion, indeed, when I run across an opportunity to listen to Ross Gay that I don’t take it and quickly. So I was finishing up lunch the other day and saw a 15-minute interview with him on NPR in which he describes being moved, as in emotionally. He... by SB Rawz | Apr 24, 2022 | The Deep Dive
Thirty-six hours after I proposed to Theresa in 2019, I noticed my inner critics, my Innerlings, get loud and ornery. They told me things like that I should be embarrassed to announce my engagement given my previous divorce; they asked me how I had the gall to imagine... by SB Rawz | Nov 8, 2021 | The Deep Dive
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. – Carl Rogers While there was most certainly a time in my life before I felt body-consciousness – abundant stories and even a few photos testify to my joyful aversion to clothes... by SB Rawz | Feb 8, 2021 | The Deep Dive
It was just one of those days. It was a Sunday, a day when Theresa usually works and I usually spend the better part of the day cooking for the week. I woke a little edgy from bad dreams. Out of the window was a fresh blanket of snow that soon led to a text...