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Back on the Dance Floor: Beyond Self-Care
The past five months have felt like five years. I think most everyone who finds this post will have an idea of what I’m talking about....

Karyn Resch Brackney
Jun 510 min read


Communities of Abundance: Relationship as Resistance
I have always secretly wanted to live in a commune. If you read closely, you can see this desire woven into most of the novels I’ve...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Mar 178 min read


Rage Poetry & Protest Prayers
Informed Consent Let me start by saying, this world is a mess. We are in dire straits—and in the face of such extreme threat, only...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Jan 2010 min read


From Hinge to Hitched #3: Dating & Trauma
If you’re coming back after the previous blog post on dating and secure attachment, welcome. That was the easy stuff. This post, where...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Oct 25, 20248 min read


From Hinge to Hitched #2: Dating & Attachment
Welcome back to my series of blog posts on dating! Catch the first post here. This time, we’re delving into attachment theory. As an...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Oct 25, 20247 min read


From Hinge to Hitched #1: A Therapist's Thoughts on Dating
Sometimes, as a therapist, I see themes pop up in my work. They might only last a day or two, where several sessions coalesce around the...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Oct 25, 20246 min read


Managing Scarcity: Money & Attachment Theory
You know what’s the highlight of my month? Moving money into my high-yield savings account. I’m not even joking. It’s my absolute...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Jul 25, 20248 min read


I’m Finally Going to Publish a Book
I just wrote a book in 23 days. It was intense. I couldn’t get it out of my head, not even when I was sleeping. I wrote over breakfast. I...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Jul 9, 20247 min read


What I've Learned About God from Writing Fiction: Love & Suffering
In my previous blog post, I used my experience as a writer of fiction to engage with the question of whether God gives us free will, or...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Apr 14, 20249 min read


What I’ve Learned About God from Writing Fiction: Free Will vs. Determinism
I began this year with a blog post about rest. Throughout the month of January, I rested aggressively and with intention. One of the...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Apr 5, 20247 min read


Red or Blue?: The Violence of Dichotomous Thinking
We are entering an election year. I confess, I stepped into 2024 with a feeling of dread. For years now, I’ve had clients citing stress...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Feb 29, 20249 min read


Rest: Our Way Back Home
I have been resting. I have been resting hard, resting audaciously, resting with gusto. I have been giving myself permission to do less....

Karyn Resch Brackney
Jan 21, 20248 min read


Incarnation: Embodied Love & Longing
Christmas conjures up a lot of associations for me. A mountain of presents piled under a tree. Family trips to the movie theater after...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Dec 23, 20238 min read


Original Goodness: There Is No Slippery Slope
When I was a child, my father taught me catechism. The catechism he used had been written in 1689 and, to my knowledge, had never been...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Dec 9, 20238 min read


"My Kid Is Broken!": When the Script Fails
Over Thanksgiving break, I worked on potty-training my daughter. If I'm going to be totally honest, I have to say this: never have I felt...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Nov 28, 20236 min read


Belonging: Queer Spirituality
You were always meant to belong without fear. ----- I attended a retreat in Breckenridge earlier this month. Though I didn’t know it...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Oct 23, 20238 min read


Self-Care: Radical Resistance
I talk about self-care daily—with my depressed clients, with my traumatized clients, with my burned-out clients, with my compassion...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Oct 12, 20238 min read


Motherhood: Practicing an Unholy Spirituality
In 2021, I was asked to give a blessing at my church on Mother’s Day. It was my first Mother’s Day, just a few months after I had become...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Sep 19, 20237 min read


The Magic of Being Human: Oxytocin
You are snuggling with your new baby in the hospital, just hours after his birth. The blood pressure cuff beeps as it turns on, but you...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Sep 7, 20237 min read


Mirrors & Shadows: How to Heal
When I was younger, I had a terrible temper. Those who know me now might find this hard to believe; friends and clients describe my...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Aug 19, 20237 min read
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