@jkirkendall.bsky.social
Grew up in Beirut and Tehran. Knitter, potter, meditator. Severe hearing loss and making friends with silence. Trauma therapist. Grateful Buddhist. Living with #lupus.
3 years ago I would have been posting about how much weight I could carry doing barbell squats. Today I'm happy to announce that I've graduated from the extra light exercise bands to the light exercise bands when I do my simple PT exercises
As long as it keeps me walking I'm happy!
#lupus
As long as it keeps me walking I'm happy!
#lupus
July 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
3 years ago I would have been posting about how much weight I could carry doing barbell squats. Today I'm happy to announce that I've graduated from the extra light exercise bands to the light exercise bands when I do my simple PT exercises
As long as it keeps me walking I'm happy!
#lupus
As long as it keeps me walking I'm happy!
#lupus
Just read @miamingus.bsky.social's blog post on access intimacy. It explains why so many of us living with #lupus were devastated by @lupus.org's decision to scrub the LGBTQ community, and the Black and Brown community from their website.
leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/a...
leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/a...
Access Intimacy: The Missing Link
There are many ways to describe intimacy. For example, there’s physical intimacy, emotional intimacy, intellectual, political, familial or sexual intimacy. But, as a physically disabled woman, th…
leavingevidence.wordpress.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Just read @miamingus.bsky.social's blog post on access intimacy. It explains why so many of us living with #lupus were devastated by @lupus.org's decision to scrub the LGBTQ community, and the Black and Brown community from their website.
leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/a...
leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/a...
It appears that @lupus.org has removed the episode on Lupus and the LGBTQ community. It was Season 6, episode 3. There is no longer an episode 3, just a "bonus episode." If I'm missing something, can someone let me know? Genuinely hope I'm mistaken. #lupus #chronicillness #lgbtq #pridemonth
June 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It appears that @lupus.org has removed the episode on Lupus and the LGBTQ community. It was Season 6, episode 3. There is no longer an episode 3, just a "bonus episode." If I'm missing something, can someone let me know? Genuinely hope I'm mistaken. #lupus #chronicillness #lgbtq #pridemonth
As the meds that I take for #lupus continue to help me feel better, I've come up against a paradox: I have more energy, but my body still demands that I move slowly.
Learning to separate "I have more energy" from "getting a lot done" has proved tricky, given years of training to be "productive."
Learning to separate "I have more energy" from "getting a lot done" has proved tricky, given years of training to be "productive."
April 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
As the meds that I take for #lupus continue to help me feel better, I've come up against a paradox: I have more energy, but my body still demands that I move slowly.
Learning to separate "I have more energy" from "getting a lot done" has proved tricky, given years of training to be "productive."
Learning to separate "I have more energy" from "getting a lot done" has proved tricky, given years of training to be "productive."
Ruth Marcus resigns resigns from @washingtonpost.com.
Top 'Washington Post' columnist resigns, accusing publisher of killing piece
www.npr.org/2025/03/10/n...
Top 'Washington Post' columnist resigns, accusing publisher of killing piece
www.npr.org/2025/03/10/n...
Top 'Washington Post' columnist resigns, accusing publisher of killing piece
Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned today, accusing the paper's publisher of killing her piece on owner Jeff Bezos' overhaul of its opinion pages.
www.npr.org
March 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Ruth Marcus resigns resigns from @washingtonpost.com.
Top 'Washington Post' columnist resigns, accusing publisher of killing piece
www.npr.org/2025/03/10/n...
Top 'Washington Post' columnist resigns, accusing publisher of killing piece
www.npr.org/2025/03/10/n...
February 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Federal employees here in Washington D.C. have coined a new word to describe the current mood:
Angerxiety.
#FederalWorkers
#DOGE
Angerxiety.
#FederalWorkers
#DOGE
February 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Federal employees here in Washington D.C. have coined a new word to describe the current mood:
Angerxiety.
#FederalWorkers
#DOGE
Angerxiety.
#FederalWorkers
#DOGE
My new hybrid is supposed to emit a noise if you step out of the car with the key fob and leave the (very silent) motor running. Except if you're deaf and can't hear it.
I left the car running for an hour.
In the driveway. 🤦♂️
#HearingLoss #Deaf #HardOfHearing
I left the car running for an hour.
In the driveway. 🤦♂️
#HearingLoss #Deaf #HardOfHearing
February 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My new hybrid is supposed to emit a noise if you step out of the car with the key fob and leave the (very silent) motor running. Except if you're deaf and can't hear it.
I left the car running for an hour.
In the driveway. 🤦♂️
#HearingLoss #Deaf #HardOfHearing
I left the car running for an hour.
In the driveway. 🤦♂️
#HearingLoss #Deaf #HardOfHearing
It's been a week of intense crisis management in my D.C. psychotherapy office. "Dumpster fire" comes to mind. Hat's off to my fellow DMV psychotherapists who are navigating times that very little has prepared us for!
#Psychotherapy #counseling #DMV #WashingtonDC
#Psychotherapy #counseling #DMV #WashingtonDC
February 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's been a week of intense crisis management in my D.C. psychotherapy office. "Dumpster fire" comes to mind. Hat's off to my fellow DMV psychotherapists who are navigating times that very little has prepared us for!
#Psychotherapy #counseling #DMV #WashingtonDC
#Psychotherapy #counseling #DMV #WashingtonDC
January 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
January 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fire made, soup bubbling on the stove. Let it snow! ❄️
January 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Fire made, soup bubbling on the stove. Let it snow! ❄️
January 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
January 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM