The Alexandria Papers

By Dr. Alexandria Szeman

Alexandria shares articles on Mindfulness, Migraine, Trauma & Childhood Sexual Abuse, Mental Health, Books, and Cooking & Baking.

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Jun 5, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – Every time I think I've made some real, i.e., lasting, progress in sourdough bread-baking, I hit a sn
#35

May 22, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – For the first time in my life, I'm enjoying living alone. Though I lived alone for a good portion of
#34

May 15, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – Gosh, just when I think I've learned how to make good sourdough bread, I end up with a loaf with a hu
#33

May 1, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – The weather here has suddenly gotten quite warm, and it's lovely to see things in bloom. I won't be s
#32

Apr 24, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – I spent the last few days doing the same thing I did almost all of 2021: un-cluttering my belongings
#31

Apr 10, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – I’m trying meditation again, for the first time in years, and I remembered why I always gave it up be
#30

Apr 3, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – Hoping all of you are doing well today and that spring is finally making it to where you live. Last w
#29

Mar 27, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – I finished making my first sweater, and it only took me a year to do it! Okay, so I was un-cluttering
#28

Mar 20, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – I've been reading another Agatha Christie novel, and I have to say that she's been a favorite author
#27

Mar 13, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – After completing all 7 seasons of AMC's Mad Men, which I thought was fantastic, I began watching Mast
#26

Mar 6, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – Hoping all of you are doing well today. I’m dealing with a particularly bad hemiplegic migraine, so I
#25

Feb 27, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – Finally, after 9 long months -- months continually interrupted by un-cluttering and moving -- finally
#24

Feb 20, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – It's been one of those weeks: a migraine attack that lasted all week and then, in the middle of the n
#23

Feb 13, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – I'm still in the middle of reading Ann Radcliffe's works because I'm currently transfixed by two seri
#22

Feb 6, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – After watching a mini-series and part of a couple films that bored me to tears, I decided to look up
#21

Jan 30, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – I binge-watched "Dickinson" this past week, and it got me interested in re-reading Emily Dickinson's
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Jan 23, 2022

The Alexandria Papers – I finally remembered to buy myself some flowers this week when I went to get the groceries, and for d

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