In my exploration of things that make my mind feel better, my GOADS (Get Out And Do Stuff) focus on synchronized movement with others comes from The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. A...

Every single thing I’ve done on the GOADS plan (Get Out And Do Stuff), I haven’t wanted to do. And every single time, after I’ve done it, I’m glad I did. This was especially true of contra dancing....

The commitment to go line dancing felt like a stone. I’m good at going places by myself—restaurants, concerts, events, whatever. But line dancing was different. It was in a bar. Bars trigger...

Back when I started the Get Out And Do Stuff (GOADS) project, I was crying every day. Now the person I was then seems so far away, it’s hard to imagine feeling that way. In the last eight days, I...

Carrie Fisher said that in hindsight, she may have married Paul Simon because of his music. There was something about the rhythm of the words that made her bipolar brain feel better. When I listen...

The drumming room is bright but softer, less of a rectangle, more of a square. Metal chairs with blue or yellow hard plastic seats are arranged in a circle. Most of the seats are taken. Each seat...