#pandemic

Dr. Dara

Nov 28, 2020
3 min

Dear everyone showing up and honoring a Pandemic Thanksgiving,

Every post I see is about Thanksgiving, being grateful or an interjection of everyone’s expert two cents on how to deal with this wonky #pandemic holiday season. Of course people post about themselves and their miracle advice while they look all pretty and happy. You know, people telling you how to be grateful and happy that clearly have their shiFt together enough (or they are successful at faking it) to try and tell others what to do! Here is what is on my mind. Six months

Dr. Dara

Jul 24, 2020
5 min

Dear everyone that believes that out of darkness comes light…

Do you believe in miracles? Do you believe in prayer, wishes, or karma? I believe that if you believe something so hard, it can’t not happen (That sounds a bit Dr. Suessish or like a riddle, but read it again s.l.o.w.l.y.!). Despite my innate ability to find gratitude and find the positives of situations, many (sometimes most) moments recently over the past 5 weeks left me thinking my family was in COVID-19 HELL! WE WERE IN A COVID TWILIGHT ZONE! As I learned in my years of w

Dr. Dara

Jul 11, 2020
8 min

Dear everyone emotionally impacted by COVID…

First of all, when I say dear everyone emotionally impacted by COVID, if your first thought is, it hasn’t impacted me…You have more serious problems than being emotionally distraught by COVID or getting it. Because there ain’t no one not impacted by this! If you think you haven’t been impacted in any way, YOU clearly must think your shit doesn’t stink (AKA- you are better than COVID or too good for it to happen to you)!! Because why? COVID only happens to dirty people or peop

Dr. Dara

Jul 4, 2020
2 min

Dear anyone that values their freedom and health, anyone that feels imprisoned by the fear of COVID

Have you ever felt like your freedom or ability to do what YOU want is restricted? Have you ever felt your independence has been taken away or you are unable to access it? I can honestly say that over the past month I had moments of feeling trapped and powerless. Today feels different! Today, my heart is filled with gratitude. Yesterday, I tested negative for COVID after almost 4 weeks of being positive in something resembling HELL. Now, I am free from the confinement of COV

Dr. Dara

Jun 24, 2020
5 min

COVID- Because why, you do not think you can get it?

Dear anyone who thinks they are an invincible immortal, anyone who has fear of mortality and everyone on this planet who has an opinion about COVID-19, Maybe you thought COVID happens to other people, or COVID won’t happen to you. Maybe you felt bad for others as you gallivanted around not being cautious (like NOT really cautious)? Or maybe you quarantined literally like your life depended on it? I don’t know your thoughts on Coronavirus, but I know you have them! I am not w

Dr. Dara

Jun 15, 2020
5 min

Dear anyone with money yuck, guck, stuck, no luck, F*ck, I feel like I have been run over by a truck

So here we are, some of us barely financially afloat, if not drowning. We are all in the same ocean, floating around in different boats. Some treading water. Some keeping an even pace, but staring in the rear-view mirror full of worry when the motor will flood. But like driving a motorcycle or a boat, your body and the motorcycle (or boat) go where your eyes go. If you look back you FALL (or drown). Most think right now, how do you look ahead when the current view is full dar

Dr. Dara

Jun 2, 2020
4 min

In a world 🌎 you can be anything 🌈 ….

Dear everyone, Ever get a phrase or words to a song stuck in your head? You literally hear it to the point of nauseam! Like the song You’re So Vain… you probably think this song is about you!! It gets so deep into your brain that every sentence starts and ends with You’re So Vain! What do you want for breakfast? You’re So Vain! What socks should you wear? You’re So Vain! I love you. You’re So Vain! Sorry, not so sorry, about planting that song in your subconscious so much

Dr. Dara

May 7, 2020
3 min

This year Mother’s Day sure is not going to look the way we expected it to be, duhhhh.

Quite frankly, I was always the person that mocked Hallmark for making a ton of money on holidays like Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, etc. Don’t get me wrong, it is not that I don’t appreciate my mother, all mothers, or mother figures for that matter. More than “America runs on Dunkin”, THE WORLD RUNS ON MOTHERS! I just think Mother’s Day is not a day and is about showing appreciation all the time and when it feels natural. I don’t like it for me or anyone else when anythin

Dr. Dara

Apr 27, 2020
4 min

Dear anyone that may feel more anxiety…

Dear anyone that may feel more anxiety because the world is starting to open up from the pandemic, I was a social distancer before it was in style. First let me say, I mean no disrespect or disregard toward the importance of social distancing. I strongly support it to be safe and healthy during this pandemic. Although, I do think the word “social distancing”, the actual phonetic meaning is dumb. It is an oxymoron, confusing, unconscious play on words. Social- come together

Dr. Dara

Apr 20, 2020
4 min

Dear anyone maintaining an inkling of sanity…

Dear anyone maintaining an inkling of sanity or has not completely lost your shiFt and is managing to read this, The world has been crazy weird, right? For most of us there has been chaos (at minimum change). What is familiar and known has been turned upside down and things look different. The common reaction in a pandemic or any major event is panic and feelings of stress and/or helplessness. Well, I don’t think it has to be common or the “new norm”. I think this is the bes

Dr. Dara

Apr 5, 2020
3 min

So, there is a conflict.

There is a part of me that wants to post, send emails, reach out to people and be of value to the community to help heal and offer ways of thinking to balance wellness. There is another part of me that is perfectly content in my bubble- my own world (spoken from a native social distancer). Quite frankly, everyone wants to offer suggestions and be an expert. I don’t want to be one of “those” or like everyone else coming out of the gates like helping gangbusters how to be ok,

Dr. Dara

Mar 30, 2020
4 min

Hello my fellow earthlings

Are your days running together? Are you wondering whether this pandemic-orama (a pandemic that feels like it will never end!) will stop and feeling like you have been in a daze? Or in disbelief this is even happening? Are you happy with where you are at and how you are feeling? It is time to pause! It is a time of renewal. It is a time to Spring (literally) and get our asses sprung. It is time to shiFt and clear out emotional clutter…. There is typically a thrill of hunting

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