by Monica A. Coleman | Feb 18, 2014 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Depression is lying. Not all the time, but … well … a lot of the time. Because most people don’t want to hear more than “Fine,” when they ask: “How are you?” I lied throughout my pregnancy. The questions were generally the same: How are you? Aren’t you excited? ...
by Monica A. Coleman | Nov 17, 2013 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I like memoirs. In fact, when I have the time, I read them voraciously. Because I need them. I need to know someone else’s story to better know my own. I need to know that someone else, somewhere, has experienced some part of what I am living. Has experienced it...
by Monica A. Coleman | Dec 6, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
“Life is robbery.” I re-read this Alfred North Whitehead quotation to my students in the last weeks as we read through Adventures of Ideas. We were taking a welcome break from the philosophically demanding Process and Reality. I explained that this is one of...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 31, 2011 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog, Uncategorized
If you’ve been following my blog, you’ve noticed that I’ve been really quiet lately. Like all summer lately. What’s up with that? Well, part of the challenge of writing about depression is that it’s hard to write when depressed, and, well, depression happens. But I’m...