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[mistavybe]

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This unveiling has been longgg overdue but as the saying goes: “Better Late Than Never”, right? 😊

Tah-dahhhh!!! 💁🏾‍♂️ Introducing the brand new @mistavybe logo, lovingly designed by the super-talented @soulsistrin! 🙌🏾

Holla at us and let us know how you feel about it. 😉

[stephiehell]

18, 26

18. What is one skill you want to learn?

i want to train in somatic experiencing* therapy. it makes so much intuitive sense as the frontline treatment for healing trauma, and it is robustly supported by scholarly research. i’m actually going to start working with an SE therapist myself, i have an appointment tuesday. i’m going to a livestream SE conference at the end of the month and I’m super duper flooper excited. (see asterisk below for description from SE website.)

26. My favourite thing about tumblr is…

the conversation and feedback (even though it’s mostly “just” hearts) feels good and for some reason more genuine than likes on that other site. and it maybe goes without saying, but i must say i am so much more real here. part of it is that, with the exception of one person, i am among internet “only” friends on tumblr. i have much more freedom with the breadth and depth of topics i can address here.

{i realize future employers and clients and exes and bad actors can find me here if they really try, but most of those who would have any impact on my life at all aren’t going to really try. (i don’t know why i included exes— i’m friendly with all of mine. but i guess in general.) i don’t do anything illegal or unethical. i’m not aligned with hate or intolerance of any kind. so even if i’m “found” i don’t think the risk is big.}

and everyone i follow here shares authentically, so i’m given space to be vulnerable too. and that interchange is nourishing to what i would call my soul if i believed in souls.

i gotta say, though, sometimes i miss the porn.

not following porn, posting it. a few of you probably remember my nsfw blog. it had over 5,000 followers when i deleted it. not a lot to some, but an overwhelming number to me. i wouldn’t post any content, but sometimes i think it might be fun to get attention/validation/appreciation for the purely sexual sliver of me.

*Somatic Experiencing (SE™) is a body-oriented therapeutic model applied in multiple professions and professional settings—psychotherapy, medicine, coaching, teaching, and physical therapy—for healing trauma and other stress disorders. It is based on a multidisciplinary intersection of physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics and has been clinically applied for more than four decades. It is the life’s work of Dr. Peter A. Levine.

[kevin-for-what-ails-ya]

I was gonna try to write that “five things I like about myself” thing that @soulsistrin tagged me for, because I’m feeling better about myself this morning, but I didn’t even get through the first thing, because, honestly, it just sounds like braggadocio to list things I like about myself. There are things, certainly, and I think anybody who has been following me for a while can probably figure out what those things are, but I don’t want to bang my drum and sing my own praises. I also think anybody who has been paying attention can also nail down quite a few things that I hate about myself. It’s all there, in the text. I ain’t hiding anything from y’all.

[unexpectedyarns]

Thank you!

[mistavybe]

I’m so happy with this portrait my good friend @soulsistrin painted of the late Chadwick Boseman as King T’Challa in @marvelentertainment’s Black Panther. 🙌🏾

From this day forward he will sit in his place of honour, overlooking my little desk in my living room, where I can appreciate the beauty of this awesome art every single day. 🙏🏾

Thanks for bringing the painting I comissioned to life, Tasha! Best birthday present ever lol. 🎉

#BlackPanther #WakandaForever #GloryToBast #GloryToHanuman 🙅🏾‍♂️

[mistavybe]

Day 6: I accepted the challenge from @soulsistrin to post the covers of 7 books that I love, 1 per day, without explanations or reviews. And each day I'll ask others in my circle to do the same. Let's promote literacy AND a love of reading.

I really wanna tag @julierthanyou but I know she’s off on her honeymoon (congrats!) so I know she prob won’t have time for challenges like this.

Today I tag @whistlingwindtree.

[mistavybe]

I missed yesterday 😳, back at it again today...

Day 3: I accepted the challenge from @soulsistrin to post the covers of 7 books that I love, 1 per day, without explanations or reviews. And each day I'll ask others in my circle to do the same. Let's promote literacy AND a love of reading.

Today I tag @entirely-of-flaws.

[mistavybe]

Got tagged for this over on FB and I decided to do it on here as well, so here goes...

Day 1: I accepted the challenge from @soulsistrin to post the covers of 7 books that I love, 1 per day, without explanations or reviews. And each day I'll ask others in my circle to do the same. Let's promote literacy AND a love of reading.

I tag @ropeandcoffee.