Doctor: Your cortisol levels are literally off the chart; they are showing major stress. What’s going on? Is work crazy? Me: No, I’m black. Like

Balancing on Unstable Surfaces
Reflections on the challenges of balancing life in a constantly shifting world
Doctor: Your cortisol levels are literally off the chart; they are showing major stress. What’s going on? Is work crazy? Me: No, I’m black. Like
My mom had this thing. She could make my brother and me behave with just a look. I thought it was a thing all mothers
I quit. I’m out. Peace y’all. I spent the week asking what will people think, will I be letting my group down, does this mean
The quickest way to observe me melt down is a situation in which I think I have control, but I don’t. I pulled the chain
I started cello lessons in February. My playing tortures the cello. I am awful; one in every five notes is correct, the rest is caterwauling.
It’s been three weeks since the murder of George Floyd and the world is reacting. The gut level response in a disaster is to do