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INSIDEOUTContributor
HI 
I'M WONDERING HOW OTHERS HAVE GONE ABOUT TELLING THEIR BOSSES THAT THEY HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS? I AM STARTING TO GET ANXIOUS ABOUT DISCUSSING THIS WITH HER AND THE FACT THAT I AM NOT READY TO COME BACK TO TEACHING 2 DAYS A WEEK.
DOES ANYONE HAVE SUGGESTIONS?
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PeppiPattySenior Contributor
Just tell the ducks in the park....you dont want to be judged??
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PeppiPattySenior Contributor
Jeepers, doesnt everyone feel that its a double edged sword......
Wheres the acceptance??
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UlyssesContributor
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PeppiPattySenior Contributor
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MoonGalSenior Contributor
Rosie, thank you for the book title @Rosie, sorry for the delay I have been off the forums since my first foray into these forums a week or so back, tending to 'out here" life. Will look this book up and see if I can get it in at the library. I have some understanding of mindfulness having worked with the book Total Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat Zinn and other buddhist and psychology texts that point the way to the here and now. (as opposed to the ther & then - future or past). Appreciate your presence here. thanks for the reply.
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AlienBP2Senior Contributor
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PeppiPattySenior Contributor
I love listening to Jon Kabat Zinn. I listen to audio books.
Is it better in books?
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