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How Not to Be a Fakeroo. A Retelling of Aesop’s Fable: The Birds, the Beasts & the Bat. Bats live in damp caves, smelly basements, hanging upside down, wings spread like the underside of an open umbrella. Find out why @ patricialloyd.substack.com where free subscribers are welcomed!

This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions. nytimes.com/2025/08/27/opi…

When you grow up experiencing neglect, it makes the bare minimum look like an abundant act of generosity. It will also make you hold too tight to what’s not good for you.

The change from rage to sorrow makes it possible for the vicious circle of repetition to be broken. Alice Miller #repetition #rage #sorrow

You're going to meet people who are intimidated by you. You're different. People don't know how to react or how to accept people who don't follow the crowd... They are not used to someone who doesn't fit in - so instead of bolstering your uniqueness,

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self. Jean-Luc Godard #art #self

I am home from my bike ride! I rode 17.12 miles today!!! 🙌😀🚴‍♂️

Empathy isn’t soft—it’s a superpower. Used wrong, it burns leaders out. Here’s how to make it sustainable.

This evening’s gorgeous sunset compensates for a jillion missed sunsets when I was strapped ito a seatbelt in Row 7 flying to from God knows where to God knows where.

In God We Trust. Everyone Else Will Have to Take a Lie Detector Test. Lessons in Building Trust Through Bargaining & Boundaries told through “The Porcupine & The Snakes” Fable. Becoming: Creating a Life to Love @ patricialloyd.substack.com. Subscribers welcomed! FREE to subscribe!

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Excellent obituary: Robert Jay Lifton, Psychiatrist Drawn to Humanity’s Horrors, Dies at 99. Brilliant observer of human nature who knew our worst impulses, but never lost sight of our best. I was very much influenced by his work & liked him as a person. nytimes.com/2025/09/04/obi…

This is Viktor Frankl. • He survived 4 Nazi concentration camps • Wrote Man’s Search for Meaning (16M+ copies sold) • Developed Logotherapy: the “therapy of meaning” Here are his 7 timeless lessons on finding purpose when life feels meaningless: 🧵

A Spy Who Came in from the Cold Teaches How to Be Warm. Lessons from the fable, “The Man and the Lion.” Now on patricialloyd.substack.com. Subscribers welcomed! Free to subscribe!

England's Rose 🌹 The Princess of Wales' State Banquet attire was very reminiscent of her wedding gown. No wonder she brought the glow 🤩

My colored pencil drawing. ✍️

Navigate monkey minds like mine w/tips & techniques from ADHD expert Tamara Rosier. Journey into a monkey mind with the Fox in the fable “The Cat & the Fox.” Click to patricialloyd.substack.com. Oatmeal Monkey

October is ADHD Awareness Month. They have spreadsheet brains. I have palette brains. Differences are good things. Happy Caturday!

The most random things are hard with #ADHD