The Alexandria Papers

By Dr. Alexandria Szeman

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

Previous issues

The Alexandria Papers

#19 Jan 16, 2022

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#18 Jan 9, 2022

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#17 Dec 19, 2021

#16

Dec 12, 2021

The Alexandria Papers – Did I say moving was as bad as I remember? It’s worse, so much worse. Whew. If I hadn’t been unclutte
#15

Nov 28, 2021

The Alexandria Papers – Unfortunately, it happened: after almost 28 years together, my guy told me (on Christmas, no less) th
#14

Nov 14, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – We lost one of our babies this week. 4 years ago, Mr. Eli was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney failure a
#13

Nov 7, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – I learned to do something that I’ve been avoiding for several years because I thought it would be too
#12

Oct 31, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – Today’s Halloween, and it used to be I could watch plenty of old-fashioned horror movies in October.
#11

Oct 24, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – I have no energy to write today. It’s been a long week with so many things to do, and I’m going throu
#10

Oct 17, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – I've been doing something that's really scary for me: learning more technology. I've been attending T
#9

Oct 10, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – I’ve been taking anti-seizure medication for my hemiplegic migraine for the last few years, and it’s
#8

Oct 3, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – When I was young, my mother and her boyfriend (later, my stepfather) used to pack me and all my young
#7

Sep 26, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – I forgot to send out my newsletter last week. I was so busy un-cluttering and packing up my bathroom
#6

Sep 12, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – They told me in mid-June that I would have a long wait. Like a years-long wait. Then I got a text on
#5

Sep 5, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – It's almost the end of the season for one of the most important annual events up here on Big Rock Can
#4

Aug 29, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – Finally! It happened. After over 50 years of baking, 4 years of successfully baking bread (we’re not
#3

Aug 22, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – I finally got some good news I've been hoping for. The last two years, my car (a 2007 Cadillac that I
#2

Aug 15, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter – Whew, it's been a rough week. On Monday, I went to pick up groceries, at Senior Hour (when did I beco
#1

Aug 8, 2021

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter, from Dr Alexandria Szeman - #1 (Sunday 8 August 2021) – I don’t remember learning to read, but one of my earliest memories is of myself, sitting on the floor