top of page


Writing
Search


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...
shaelyritchey
Sep 10, 20225 min read
0 comments


The Breaking
Day in, day out… I put aside the grief I cannot carry; shelve the moral distress tearing me in two… I do what I can (what limited I can)...
shaelyritchey
Aug 16, 20222 min read
0 comments


A Moment of Majesty - Reflections From Past Writing (2020-2022)
It is strange how much I wrote in 2020 that I do not even remember. It was not an easy year - a year I almost wore away. Standing here in...
shaelyritchey
Aug 6, 20223 min read
0 comments


Angst Articulate
One of the best essays I have ever come across is Leslie Jamison’s “Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain” (in her book, “The Empathy...
shaelyritchey
Aug 5, 20221 min read
0 comments


Dependency on Treatment & Eating Disorders - An Explorative Discussion
(Originally posted on Vancouver Island Voices for Eating Disorders blog.) When individuals with eating disorders have cycled through...
shaelyritchey
Jul 30, 20223 min read
0 comments
bottom of page