MWH 🧠 #108: Extreme Ownership
This week, I faced an Extreme Ownership opportunity. Would I protect myself and my team, and make clear what was not our fault, or would I own the situation...
MWH 🧠 #107: Stressed or overwhelmed
As I step into a new job, among many other life changes, I’m trying to balance stress and overwhelm in healthy ways. These weekly updates share life with OCD...
MWH 🧠 #106: Building people again
It has been so long since I have written a weekly update that I almost don’t know where to start. Ironically, my last update was titled “Back to work”, after...
MWH 🧠 #105: Back to work
You can read the original post on bennorris.com if you prefer. In this update, I share some good news about turning the page and starting a new chapter, and...
MWH 🧠 #104: Distress tolerance homework
You can read the original post on bennorris.com if you prefer. This week’s update shares about my therapist and me being symptomatic together, giving my wife...
🧠 #103: Pipes and puzzles
After another challenging week, I share a positive spike, taking my kids and winning the organ, and the return of sudoku.
🧠 #102: Xanax & Dr Pepper
This week, I’m trying a new format. I posted each of my sections as individual posts during the week, and my update gathers them. In the update post on my...
MWH 🧠 #101: Tapering off everything
You can read the original post on bennorris.com if you prefer. This update shares the effects of changing medication (not good!), an uplifting chance for...
✍🏻 ⛪️ General Conference Oct 22 Sketchnotes
You can read the original post on bennorris.com if you prefer. As usual, General Conference was a great, uplifting weekend with the family. It worked out...
MWH 🧠 #100: Hitting a milestone
You can read the original post on bennorris.com if you prefer. In this momentous update, I share a low point forgetting a commitment, a reminder that I...
MWH 🧠 #99: Can't get in
You can read the original post on bennorris.com if you prefer. This update shares a vacation win, a vacation struggle, and a new sharing practice. These...
MWH #98: Walks on the beach
You can read the original post on bennorris.com if you prefer. In a quick vacation update, I share a lesson learned from running into my daughter while...
MWH #97: Making friends
You can read the original post on bennorris.com if you prefer. This week I share another step forward in my peacemaking with the monster that is OCD in my...
MWH #96: Confronting the criminal
You can read the original post on bennorris.com if you prefer. In a shocking turn of events (🙄), allowing a known trigger into my life last week caused some...
Falling prey to OCD
I thought it might be helpful to share a recent free writing entry. I had wanted to process my thoughts and feelings as OCD was starting to take over in my...
MWH #95: Experimenting with discomfort
You can read the original post on bennorris.com if you prefer. This week included a reprise in my role as a limited-time stay-at-home dad, a chilly...
MWH #94: Finding monkeys
You can read the original post on bennorris.com if you prefer. This week’s update shares my experience with yet another psychiatrist and noticing my recent...
MWH #93: Flooding and Dragons
You can read the original post on bennorris.com if you prefer. Forced flexibility from flooding, leaning into uncertainty, and my first concert. It was a big...
MWH #92: Cleaning the garage
Sometimes wins are big and elaborate. And others are significant in their smallness. This week was one of the latter. These weekly updates share life with...
MWH #91: Shiny thoughts
My update this week builds on the experience I had last week and shares a new metaphor I identified to help navigate OCD. These weekly updates share life...