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Short essays exploring how you may be feeling these days.
Not so much what to do about those feelings.
But hopefully how to avoid the second arrow of judging them.
Season 2: The Mothering (Rational Tantrums)
Episodes released every Sunday (well, 3 out of 4).
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S2E18 On Calm
If boys aren’t playing video games or eating, they’re up in your face. Hashtag not all boys. Fine. But I’m always trying to dream up quiet, sedentary, non-screen activities that my sons will do…
S2E17 On Whether You're Good or Shit's Easy
I’ve always envied people who clearly have a simpler relationship to alcohol than I do. Who can casually encounter a drink, with take it or leave it flair. They always seem like elegant…
S2E16 On "Vacations"
I’m not totally sure we just had Easter weekend. I mean, I know I had two extra days off, making it a long weekend with my children, but because I’m not religious, I’m not really sure what Easter is…
S2E15 On Impermanence
My 10-year old recently picked out a cool new pair of running shoes. Funky bright yellow and very him. Breaking them in though, he realized they were challenging to get on, and likely wouldn’t fit…
S2E14 On Leading a Double Life
Like the luddite that I am, I still use a big ol’ fridge calendar to make sense of my life. I’ve been known to even carry it with me to awkward places like meetings and the dentist’s. Each month’s…
S2E13 On "Mommy Juice"
The longest I’ve gone without drinking – by far – were the two times I was pregnant. The imposed sacrifice wasn’t something I enjoyed much, but it did teach me a few things. Well, maybe one big…
S2E12 On Miscarriage
Whenever a health professional asks me if I’ve been pregnant before, it takes me a second to remember how many times. I’ve had two children. I had an abortion in my 20’s. And I had a miscarriage…
S2E11 On Cooking
I’ve got a new pet peeve at the grocery store. It’s those warning labels on packages announcing that the product is super high in sodium or sugar, or some other terrible ingredient.Being empowered…
S2E10 On Remembering the Pandemic
It’s hard to believe that the terrible reign of COVID-19 started 6 years ago. The pandemic sometimes feels more like a world we went to than a time we lived through, and we don’t much like being…
S2E9 On Whether You Actually Choose to Separate
I’ve been separated from the father of my children for 6 years now. At this point separation has become old hat. Maybe too old hat cause I can’t really imagine myself in a relationship anymore. …
S2E8 On Getting Distance
After the long months (or was it years?) of being cooped up during the pandemic, simply getting to roam free in the world again was thrilling. I remember how, finally being out in wide open spaces…
S2E7 On Separation and Migration
Aside from handing back a ton of failing essays in my life, I’ve never had to deliver much bad news. When parents decide to separate, having to tell your kids that their lives are about to be turned…
S2E6 On Report Cards
Every semester as a teacher, I go through a distinct honeymoon phase with a new crop of students: for a few solid weeks, we feel downright decently about one another, until I have to go and harsh…
S2E5 On Talking About Your Kids
A lot of my writing is about being a mother. Which is kind of ironic to me, since the early days of parenting felt marred by mourning a creative life.These days my sons are wise to the fact that…
S2E4 On Touch
One of the things I enjoy about my sons going to school in French is the random way that franglais, that fun French/English hybrid, winds its way into our Anglo home. For instance, we consistently…
S2E3 On Why My Kids are Lucky to Know Me
Parents are people. That might seem like a rather stupid thing to say. But I think it’s easy to forget when you play such a huge role in the life of a dependent person with extensive, pressing and…
S2E2 On Parenting Advice
I often try to imagine what parenting advice looked like a few generations ago, when it could only come from a few sources: relatives, friends, neighbours, maybe a few books. But that was about it.…
S2E1 On Maternal Ambivalence
I’ve often described the Christmas holidays as time spent entertaining a vague suspicion that you’re supposed to be feeling differently than you do. It’s painful to have feelings you’re not supposed…
S2E1 A New Focus
Intro to season 2!
S1E10 Ep. 10: The New Old Fashioned Way
I’m old enough to know that New Year’s Resolutions are for suckers. Sure, blank slates offer motivation, but never as much as we hope. We’re lazy and it’s cold. And that’s fair. But I have been…
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You May Be Feeling has published 30 episodes since March 2024, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
You May Be Feeling is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 7m.
