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List of Cognitive Distortions
Creating in reference with Therapist Aid; Dr. Burns; and Psychology Today Below are a list of cognitive distortions, as well as some examples from my personal experiences. Magnification and minimization Definition: Exaggerating or minimizing the importance of events. You might believe your own achievements are unimportant or that your mistakes are excessively important. Example: I…
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Complete Least of Lessons and Solutions for Preventing Teacher Burnout
By Sammy Ginsberg Below you’ll find my complete list of solutions that I wish had existed or been in place to prevent me from burning out. I am going to use this as the starting point for the nonprofit that I am going to create the implement these solutions so that one day I can…
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Break!
A couple weeks ago, I decided it was time to finish writing and publishing Burnt Out Bitch. I went on medical leave (AGAIN) because of a traumatic situation at the school I transferred to in the middle of Year 4!!Why had this happened again?!?!? To figure it out, I thought, “I need to finish the…
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Update #12: Holistic Reflection for July & Intention Setting
Just realized it’s only a few days until July. What I need is a holistic reflection and intention setting session for July. What happened in June has happened. Nothing I can change or do about it. All I can do is learn from it and move forward. It’s time to focus on July. I originally…
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Update #11: Mush
I am falling off of reality again. The skeleton of being human is turning into mush. It’s an avalanche of sorts. I am here in London – transported. I was in the middle of a crisis, and now I am here in London. I am in a completely different reality. I am trying to find…
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Update #10: I’m in London
Plot twist! I’m in London. I’ll be here until July 21st. It’s been a time. I don’t have much time to write, as I’m leaving to go visit my Grandma Myra in the hospital. She is recovering from a broken hip and is in a ward at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. That’s the…
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Event Review: Melissa Febos talking about The Dry Season, with Q&A by Maggie Nelson at Skylight Books
By Sammy Ginsberg Typically we only tend to write book reviews, however, the traditional way of selling books is to host an event at a bookstore to try to get you to buy the book. These events are usually free, therefore the only money made is in buying the book. At the same time, trying…
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Book Review: Service by John Tottenham
By Sammy Ginsberg Just finished reading Service by John Tottenham. Stumbled upon John’s launch party at 2220. The room was packed with big names in literature introducing the book – Colm Toibin and Rachel Kushner – and was published by Semiotexte, aka publisher of the artistic and academic elite in Los Angeles. Over a hundred people…
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Theatre Review: The Other Woman, Hollywood Fringe 2025
By Sammy Ginsberg Omg! Triggering and also so so important and necessary. On Wednesday I attended The Other Woman, a one-woman play written by and starring Faith Nagel and directed by Fiona Burrows, currently on at the Fringe at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre. It was – wow. So brave. I was there with our…
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He Was Already Dead
By Sammy Ginsberg “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett I have failed so many times this yearso many timesand Papa Joe passed away,failed at three marriageswas it failure?our healthcare system failed himour cities and neighborhoods failed himsenior citizen more like second class citizeninvisiblehe wanted to diehe was already dead – that’s what our…