The shrill decibels of the MRI echoed through my skull as I lay on a cold table with my head strapped in a harness. All I could recall was the late 80s PSA with the egg frying in a skillet — “This is Your Brain on Drugs.” In 2023, Is This My Brain on Social Media?
This audio essay humorously explores what is sacrificed in an algorithmized culture suffering from documentarrhea. Is it true the more we exhibit and promote ourselves online, the less knowable we become to ourselves and friends?
A bushy squirrel, visit with a neurologist, battle with FOMO, and a musical guest hold the answer— and beneath the digital veil sit five truths supporting the real-life rebel cresting through us.
(For the complete sensory experience, grab a good cuppa and stare out a window while listening. Not a joke— legit listener/reader participation. I promise it’s worth it.
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This is my monthly occasional audio essay series, We’re All Doing Better Than We Think. From two minds about social media, boob saggage, the overvaluation of goals, living abroad, midlife meltdowns and magic, elegant embarrassments, the casserole of motherhood, chin fat, why ordinary is a good word, the fabrication of the self-help industry, how friendship is a million little things, meditation snafus, and surprise guests— each essay proves that nothing is wasted. Everything is weavable into a story that coheres and catalyzes awareness. And that humor— is holy.
I hope you’ll listen or read along. I promise an alchemy of poignancy, laughs, and truths that feel like a hug.
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Autumn
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