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shaelyritchey
Sep 112 min read
Dum Spiro Spero
“… but since it falls into my lot that I should rise and you should not, I’ll gently rise and softly call good night and joy be to you...
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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
Sep 10, 20232 min read
World Suicide Prevention Day 2023
September is suicide prevention month with the 10th being World Suicide Prevention Day. During this month people typically share numbers...
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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 1, 20232 min read
2022 In Review
I don’t know what to say about 2022 - so much takes place behind the lens of a camera. It has been as much a means of avoidance as it has...
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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
Aug 6, 20223 min read
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...
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shaelyritchey
Jul 29, 20223 min read
Lessons From Each Month of the Year - July 2022
What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of July... Oh if I could only show you the hidden cost of being...
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shaelyritchey
Jun 8, 202219 min read
Life-Saving & Sometimes Disabling - Exploring the Impacts of ED Treatment on Self-Capacity/Trust
It is important to reflect on where different eating disorder therapies and programs perpetuate the struggle for individuals to practice...
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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 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
Apr 4, 20222 min read
Brief Thoughts on the Internal Family Systems Paradigm in Relation to Treating Trauma & EDs
I shared these brief thoughts through Vancouver Island Voices for Eating Disorders (VIVED) social media, but there is so much in this...
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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 13, 20226 min read
Fostering Inclusivity When It Comes To Lived Experience
I have been thinking a lot lately about lived/living experience and how we honour this without gatekeeping that form of wisdom, as well...
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shaelyritchey
Feb 28, 20224 min read
You Are Loved
I wrote this piece with a particular person in mind. It was originally published on the Looking Glass blog There is a place I go when I...
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