Category: Human Condition
Essays about the human endurement.
Posted on June 17, 2026
by Kēphen
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My senior year of high school, 2004 Coming-of-age is terrifying and speaking as someone who turned 40 several months ago, so much of my life has not gone the way I imagined it would when I was younger. When I was a child, an… Continue Reading “Bildungsroman: The Trials of Transitory Transformation”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Behavioral Health, Coming of Age, Emerging Adult, Hope, Introspective, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychosis, Recovery, Substance Use, Teen, Young Adult
Posted on March 14, 2023
by Kēphen
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In the pursuit of happiness we find ourselves chasing after many things: the right relationship partner, the dream job, the perfect home, the best vehicle, the latest tech gadget, but upon receipt of any of these things we merely find a short-lived excitement, a… Continue Reading “On the Nature of Happiness”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Behavioral Health, Emotions, Happiness, Impermanence, Inspiration, Introspective, Mental Health, Nature of Happiness, Pursuit of Contentment, Pursuit of Happiness
Posted on March 13, 2023
by Kēphen
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We’ve all seen it online and most of us have probably done it: committing a social faux pas in the comments section of social media posts, YouTube videos, news articles, and forums. Though we’ve had centuries of revolving lessons on an ever-evolving modern social… Continue Reading “Online Etiquette”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, TechnologyTags: *See All Posts, Behavioral Health, Comment Trolls, Cyber Behavior, Cyber Etiquette, Cyber Troll, Cyberspace, Emotional Regulation, Internet Troll, Mental Health, Online Behavior, Online Etiquette, Social Behavior, Social Media, Technology
Posted on October 11, 2022
by Kēphen
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I have lived in Osage County, Missouri my whole life, my family has done so for generations. Many, if not most, of the people who live here would tell you that they feel like they can be themselves, live the life they want, that… Continue Reading “A Safe Place to Call Home: The Childhood Trauma of Growing Up LGBTQ+ in Small-Town America”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, LGBTQ+Tags: *See All Posts, Behavioral Health, Growing Up LGBTQ+, LGBT, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ Childhood Trauma, LGBTQ+ Safe Space, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Mental Health for LGBTQIA+, Mid-America LGBTQ+, Midwest LGBTQ+, Missouri LGBTQ+, National Coming Out Day
Posted on September 8, 2022
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20 Years Later:A Letter to a Lost Teenager There is so much I wish that I could have told you, so much that I wish I could have done for you. If only I could travel through time to 2002 and be a part… Continue Reading “20 Years Later”
Category: All, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, A Letter to Myself, Compassion, Dying and Birthing, Growing Up, Introspective, Journaling, Letter to My Past Self, Life From Death, Mental Disorder, Mental Health Condition, Mental Health Disorder, Mental Illness, Metaphors, Reborn, Self-Reflection, Truth, Unbecoming, Wisdom
Posted on August 20, 2022
by Kēphen
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It was the spring of 2021 when I was first introduced to Oliver Daldry‘s music via a U.K. 2015 film titled Departure. At the time, I had quit my job a couple months prior and I was in a low point mentally, struggling with… Continue Reading “Music & Mental Health: A Path to Recovery”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Anxiety, Behavioral Health, Bookcase, Catch the Wind, Departure, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Music Therapy, Oliver Daldry, Sound of Recovery, Stress, Suicide
Posted on December 25, 2021
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Long December Another long December has come again, another year of trying to forget the way you made me feel, another year of trying to forgive myself for what I let happen, another year of searching for ways to finally heal. Another long December… Continue Reading “Long December”
Posted on September 28, 2021
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In my late teens and early twenties I knew what it meant to have a sense of purpose, but what I didn’t know was just how powerful its effect really was on my life. My discharge on January 11, 2008, was the first day… Continue Reading “The Power of Purpose, Meaning, and Fulfillment”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Action Plans, Active Resiliency, Anticipation Anxiety, Barriers to Success, Burnout, Catastrophic Thinking, Conflict Mode Instrument, Desensitization, Dissatisfaction Goal Setting, Effects of Stress and Anxiety, Encounter Stress, Explanatory Styles, Exposure Therapy, Exterior Barriers, Fulfillment, Goals, Inactive Resiliency, Interior Barriers, Learned Helplessness, Meaning, Optimism, PERMA Model, Pessimism, Positive Psychology, Power of Purpose, Prevention and Management of Stress and Anxiety, Problem Solving, Purpose, Recovery, Resiliency, Situational Stress, SMART Model, Stress and Anxiety, Stress and Anxiety Triggers, The Strenuous Life, Time Stress, TKI Model, Ulterior Barriers, VOCAB Model
Posted on September 10, 2021
by Kēphen
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Today is World Suicide Prevention Day! Some of us have had suicidal thoughts in the past. Some of us are currently having suicidal thoughts. Some of us have put those thoughts into actions and have had abandoned attempts. Some of us have fully attempted… Continue Reading “World Suicide Prevention Day”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, AFSP, AFSP Advocacy, Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Recovery, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention, World Suicide Prevention Day
Posted on August 16, 2021
by Kēphen
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I would like to share some personal things about myself that I have been experiencing as of late, just in case others can relate. First though, I want to provide some context for why I decided to share my recent experiences. In June, I… Continue Reading “We Are Not the Burden, We Carry the Burden”
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Bildungsroman: The Trials of Transitory Transformation
Posted on June 17, 2026 by Kēphen
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My senior year of high school, 2004 Coming-of-age is terrifying and speaking as someone who turned 40 several months ago, so much of my life has not gone the way I imagined it would when I was younger. When I was a child, an… Continue Reading “Bildungsroman: The Trials of Transitory Transformation”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Behavioral Health, Coming of Age, Emerging Adult, Hope, Introspective, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychosis, Recovery, Substance Use, Teen, Young Adult