The Chris Chronicles
The book is finished!
The book is done! Check out the Bookshelf to order your copy. The new, final edition offers over 70 full color photos and is available at all online resellers.
Signed or unsigned copies of the book can also be ordered directly through me.
The Coffee Chronicles
This is really where it all began. In 2001, I created a website and started writing columns. It was Pretty and me in an apartment in Maryland, searching for purpose and mercy. Well, I was searching for purpose and mercy; Pretty was searching for new napping places. Pretty now naps beyond the rainbow bridge. Me? Still searching. But I am getting closer to purpose, not so much the mercy.
As I relearn how to adjust my website, I am refocusing away from “An Odyssey Through Covid America.” It is still all here. You can find a link to all of the original material above.
Now? On to next.
I began a podcast, “Let’s Get Naked About Mental Health” where I dive deep into my mental health journey. I try to be an authentic voice to help people understand themselves and loved ones who struggle.
The next book is in progress as well.
I have gotten more into videos and am using social media to have fun and entertain. People find my misadevtures as fun as my adventures. I do as well.
You are welcome to follow along.
The Coffee Chronicles
The Dark Triad of Anxiety
I know the cure for anxiety! I know how to beat the hell out of the Dark Triad and kick them to the curb and allow me peace! I just suck at it right now. Lousy. So, I’m just here, holding a jigsaw puzzle piece, twirling it in my fingers, wondering where the hell it fits.
I know the enemy, the Dark Triad: what if, could happen, and might be. They descend into my mind, crank up the heavy metal, and start a mosh pit.
From the Lighter Side of Depression
Back into the mists of time, blending with the present, for a look into the lighter side of depression. Yes, there is humor in mental illness. I like to find it when I can.
When Trauma Isn’t Traumatic
The world is on fire. I see that being posted often. I remember another time the world was on fire. A friend and I sat in a burning room sipping coffee. The embers floated past us and flaming beams were crashing all around. We discussed it. During Covid, I saw what...
Redefining Suicide Ideation
I recently read a post from a therapist that said she passes on clients with suicide ideation. It led me to do some research. From my point of view, "passing" on a patient with suicide ideation has issues. The research I did, albeit brief, led to my belief we need a...
Maybe We’re Not Okay?
He was having a heart attack but knew he couldn't be. Close to the end of his gym session, "Bob" started to feel unwell. A five-time Ironman competitor, he figured he just overdid it so skipped his last leg session after the inverted sit-ups and headed to the showers....
The Power of Storytelling
Good storytelling is an interactive event. It's me inviting you to sit down next to me, join me for a cup of coffee, and, as they say in Hawai'i, "talk story." I'll get naked. Metaphorically. Nothing is off the table, hidden, clothed in metaphors, and TMI does not...
A Hurricane in Texas
I had realized something in Texas while working on my book. I was not trying to reinvent myself. I was not trying to relive my youth. I was trying to get back to the person I was, and liked, decades before. It meant a shifting of priorities, a shift in the way I looked at things, undoing the hard wiring that I had done to myself.
Rage
For Maureen Kalix Smith Rage, rage against the dying of the light. In the hospital room at the end, I grasp at the hope that your rage inspired in others. 14 years ago, in the noon of your life, the light threatened to be eclipsed with the diagnosis of Stage IV...
Free ePub
Hello All, It's been a busy couple of months. Four or five now? What month is it? Anyway, I finished one of my projects and it is now available on Amazon. The ePub is available free for the last five days of Mental Health Awareness Month, now through the 31st. I...
A Walk in My Shoes
It's official! For Mental Health Awareness Month, I renamed, expanded, and republished my book. It is now available on Amazon and through my websites. It is the collected transcripts of the podcast to date, with a Foreword, Introduction and some editing. A hardcover...
The Nice Guy
The nice guy is back! Nervously. But it felt good.
Lessons Learned from a Bar Fight
From posts I am seeing, I imagine that many people were disappointed by other people in 2022. I am reading a knee jerk reaction, about how if we don’t have expectations, we will never be disappointed. Umm, no. It is all about a bar fight in SW Philly.
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