MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT

Tag: Mental Health

  • A foot up

    Telluride Times, May 28, 2026 “The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art” — Leonardo da Vinci. Those of you with foot issues will understand when I say to the world at large: Please, fellow bipeds, take care of your dogs. Considering the single square foot of real estate that…

  • Smoking brain (it’s a good thing)

    Telluride Times, May 14, 2026 “Neuroplasticity is better than mind over matter. It’s mind turning into matter as your thoughts create new neural growth.” — Rudolph E. Tanzi Some months ago, I heard on a podcast by Andrew Huberman, the popular neuroscientist out of Stanford, that adult neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to rewire itself—can be driven…

  • Rolling in the oats

    Telluride Times, April 30, 2026 “A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.”  – Samuel Johnson There’s this young guy on social media with a hefty following whose thing is oats. Oats as an ingredient, in oat bakes, oat breads, oat puddings, crackers, and everything you can…

  • Watering our roots

    Telluride Times, April 2, 2026 “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.”― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man A couple of weeks ago, my daughter sent me a copy of a character assessment from her employer, adding that it was a routine occurrence and that the tools varied each time. She felt hers was spot…

  • The kingdom of sleep

    Telluride Times, Thursday, February 19, 2026 This morning on the dog walk while reminiscing about childhood, I slipped mentally into my room on the second floor of the big house I grew up in, in Seattle. At night especially, it was clear to me how empty the place felt and how far away everyone else…

  • Report from the front

    Telluride Times, Thursday, February 5, 2026 A little over a year ago, I wrote in this column that I had started volunteering with a text-only crisis line, a non-profit organization I’d read an article about and sensed might be a good fit for me. I took the 30-hour training and committed to 200 hours, or…