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shaelyritchey
Jun 293 min read
Reclamation Art Series - A Testament to Willfulness
Exploring the term "willfulness" in psychiatric care.
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shaelyritchey
Jun 295 min read
Reclamation Art Series - Introduction
Reclaiming my medical records through collage.
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shaelyritchey
Nov 16, 20233 min read
Reclamation
Lately I’ve been going out each afternoon to seek a “good” photo of a varied thrush in the autumn landscape. Thus far, this (see below)...
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shaelyritchey
Nov 8, 20232 min read
For Her, For You, For Us
November 8th, 2023 and a sense of hope and belief in the possibility of change feels so much like the tides of the Pacific, it comes and...
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shaelyritchey
Apr 7, 20232 min read
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CW - discussion of depression & suicidality 3 years ago today I was reaching my breaking point after months of reaching out for help with...
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shaelyritchey
Jan 20, 20231 min read
Care in the Time of Collapse
I am trying to remember there is more than one way to live a life, to be a part of the things I love; to be a good nurse. For me, being...
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shaelyritchey
Nov 23, 20225 min read
A Thing With Feathers - Part 2 Of A Series On Hope (And The Search For It)
Finding a starting place to write about anything, let alone hope and how to gather a greater sense of it when your words have run dry is...
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shaelyritchey
Nov 18, 20224 min read
Dust Bowl - Part 1 Of A Series On Hope (And The Search For It)
(CW - please take care reading this piece. It touches on depression, suicidality and the search for hope.) These past couple months, as...
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shaelyritchey
Oct 8, 20221 min read
Lessons from Orb Weavers
How can I too, hold a seemingly intangible design of something more in my tattered mind? buffeted by the wind, how do I know where to...
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shaelyritchey
Sep 10, 20225 min read
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day: Let's Talk About High-Functioning Depression
Please note that I have written this piece on a mix of hard days and easier days over the past while. It is true, but it is also written...
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shaelyritchey
Jun 3, 20222 min read
Lessons From Each Month of the Year - May 2022
What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of May... No matter the seeming strength of my voice, when it is...
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shaelyritchey
May 21, 20223 min read
What is "Recovery?"
What is "recovery?" How can one be "recovery" oriented? How do we define this process? Who gets to define this process? Is there more...
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shaelyritchey
May 4, 20221 min read
May The Fourth Be With Us - Eating Disorder Advocacy At The B.C. Legislature
Today I look to the resilience and persistence of camas blooms for inspiration. I learn from the years they take to bloom, that change...
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shaelyritchey
Apr 30, 20222 min read
Lessons From Each Month of the Year - April 2022
What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of April… How good it feels to step back into the role of nurse,...
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shaelyritchey
Apr 28, 20224 min read
"Radical" Concepts in Mental Healthcare & My Own Care Interactions
This feels very personal to write, but here goes... There are some days that slowing down enough to attend appointments leaves me feeling...
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shaelyritchey
Apr 28, 20221 min read
Performative "Wokeness"
An important reflection point for professionals working in the eating disorder field... How well does your online appearance of...
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shaelyritchey
Apr 13, 20223 min read
37 Days
In February, there is only a hint of what will be. A damp chill still hangs in the air. lurking in the shadows, but there's a hint of...
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shaelyritchey
Mar 30, 20222 min read
Lessons From Each Month of the Year - March 2022
What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of March… Look up, look down, around, again and again. There is...
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shaelyritchey
Mar 28, 20226 min read
Transforming Moments of Pain, to Peace - Reclaiming My Authorship Project
I've written before about reclaiming authorship and the power of language, largely through advocating for collaborative treatment in my...
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shaelyritchey
Mar 11, 20222 min read
Old Wounds
I do not typically speak to specifics in my own healing journey at present. My fear is negatively impacting others or unintentionally...
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