Jen

@ADHDForReal late to death

"Listen to your heart... Follow your heart... Stay heart-centered... Speak from the heart..." Etc. We've always known, but our less energetically generating brains get in the way.

Having spearheaded the term “toxic masculinity” and fostered a therapy culture that paints men as privileged oppressors, it finally registers on American Psychological Association that men are trailing on virtually all measures of social/emotional wellbeing. One eye-opening statistic: Among young people ages 15-24, suicide rate is 4x higher for males

Marsha Linehan, creator of DBT, saw her own mental anguish resolve only after a mystical experience: “all of a sudden the whole of the chapel was suffused with a bright golden light, shimmering all over.”

You don’t need more plans. You need a cleaner lens. Clarity isn’t a list—it’s alignment. This week, don’t just ask: “What should I do?” Ask: “What’s true for me now?” → That’s where your real OS reset begins.

7 Ways You're Compliant, Not Genuine open.substack.com/pub/jenfirehea…

Maybe not so much forget us, but remember us fondly as a fellow human on the path who helped them when they needed it.

What if anxiety is just your future self telling your present self that you're fucking up?

Famous problems throughout history that have been solved by complaining about them? 0.

Daily movement. Healthy eating. Solid sleep. No alcohol. Friends. Sounds like a pitch for some lifestyle brand, eh? Nah. Just good habits that will make your life easier.

Anything that mentions smashing anything IRL with a Minecraft hammer must be true!

Mental health is nothing but adjusting to reality.

For 25 years I've worked a lot on my mental health. And now I am no longer ambitious. Dreaming. Working. Doing. But not ambitious.

If I feel depressed, I go play pickleball. And I soon find out my physical health, hand-eye coordination, footwork, and strategic thinking are far worse than my mental health.

@Josikinz Like Marvin the depressed robot in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Makes sense.

I asked chatgpt's new image model to script and generate a series of comics starring itself as the main character. The results genuinely gave me chills. I'll post them all in a thread below.

I just signed up for @nicolascole77's Newsletter Ghostwriting Masterclass! Excited to find out how to ghostwrite newsletters for high-paying clients this Thursday, March 27th, at 2 PM ET/11 AM PT. Want to join me? Sign up for free here: ctt.ec/m9qTy+

jennifer-hartmann-mft.kit.com/61da85e159 I'm loving the process of creating free email courses, clarifying what people want to learn and how best I teach it. I'd love your feedback.

“Honest priests and preachers are denied the comforts of religion; instead they must live with the austere rewards of philosophy.”

Sci-fi for the win. There’s no better intersection of concepts, no clearer Venn diagram of the mundane and divine realms. My souls feels as complete as a puzzle when reading Heinlein et al. “…vice required training and long practice—otherwise for pragmatic reasons virtue should rule even when moral instruction has ceased to bind.” (From Job: A Comedy of Justice)