We Invite You to 'Care About Crying'
We All Cry. You're Not Alone
Hello, Dear Reader! Thank you for being here with us. Welcome to our new Carer Mentor community members!
I’m Victoria. You can read why I’m publishing Carer Mentor here: Who Started Carer Mentor and Why?
This article was web-published on September 6.
The Collaboration Team Invites You to Care About Crying
The collaboration, 'Caring About Crying,' was launched on September 1.
Here’s the growing Contents Page:
Will YOU join us?
Care to Share?
An article, a poem, art, a great quote or music?
Could you tell us about your personal experience with tears or crying?
Or post a note (What is Substack Notes?) and mention this Carer Mentor collaboration
Process:
Create a piece about your tears or crying
REFERENCE The Carer Mentor Collaboration ‘Caring About Crying’ OR Simply draw a Heart with ‘I CARE’ inside it.
SHARE the URL Link in the comments below with the TITLE in CAPS
FIND and READ someone else’s piece, comment and restack.
A few catalyst thoughts: When did you last cry? Tell us about your most profound experiences of crying. Do tears come easily? When someone cries, what do you do—how do you receive tears?
[No paywalls, please. There is no deadline.]
The Carer Mentor Collaboration Team
In the order of the articles/work/discussion thread that will be published.
1.
My name is Sarah Coomber, and I’m a Minnesota-based writer who has done deep dives to bring topics to life through my work in public relations, journalism and science writing.
2.
A Veteran Trauma ICU Nurse reflects and takes you along her lifelong battle to personal freedom and self-love. It’s one hell of a journey that merely began during a pandemic.
3.
I'm a physician and scientist dedicated to improving women's health through research on infectious diseases. When my husband was diagnosed with advanced cancer, a search for meaning evolved into this Substack.
4.
A first-generation Hong Konger-American writer, artist, and avid student of life. I write about relational trauma and its impact on mental, emotional and physical health, and how this intersects with my East-meets-West immigrant experience.
5.
Sandwich Xennial raising three kids while supporting a disabled sibling and aging parents. In my "spare time" I'm a social impact consultant focused on gender equity and health and a novice home baker.
6.
Second-generation Taiwanese-American chronically ill essayist and literary fiction and fantasy author. Short stories and essays previously published in The Cultivation Project, Renewal Missions, and The Publishing Room.
7.
Former ICU nurse, poet, grieving daughter, new mama, and tarot reader. I believe we belong to each other. My mission is to widen the safety net of love and create communities of care so we can all thrive.
8.
Clinical Psychologist and Mother who wants to help you feel your feelings. Emotions come naturally, but feeling then takes some work.
9.
A Chinese-Malaysian living in Germany, embracing conscious living and making meaning of it all. Join her on her journey to live mindfully, with deliberate intentions and deep connections to the world, as she shares life stories and reflections.
10.
Come dive into the depths of community care, relationships, activism and identity with insights from a fat, polyamorous, queer, disabled, neurodivergent Filipine-American community care facilitator and health care advocate.
11.
Writer. Operations Manager and Editorial Assistant of Asian Writers’ Collective. Fiction author published by TWS Publications. Advocate of critical-solution thinking and nuanced perspectives.
12.
Hospital Chaplain, Pastoral Educator, Spiritual Director, Presbyterian Minister & Frazzled Mom. Writing about spirituality, grief, suffering, resiliency, empathy and hope.
Our Guest Author:
Author of Cry, Baby: Why Our Tears Matter. Queer + building church that reflects God’s own queerness. Christian nationalism makes Jesus weep. he/they
Caring About Crying: Contents Page.
Background: a tiny spark was ignited—maybe a collaboration? The topic and the idea burned bright into a Jerry Maguire Moment in a Google doc. A special invitation was made. Now, we’re a 13-team member strong collaboration. We don’t know what will emerge, but we’ll have fun. We'll create team dynamics to engage and deepen how we treat a topic.
In Conversation with Rev. Benjamin Perry
Victoria interviews the Author of 'Cry Baby: Why Our Tears Matter'.
Day 4 of the Collaboration offers a Q&A conversation between myself and the Reverend Benjamin Perry.
Yesterday, I shared the Ten Percent Happier podcast interview he did with Dan Harris and Dr Bianca Harris.
I was excited to learn that Ben’s on this Substack platform!
A few catalyst thoughts: When did you last cry? Tell us about your most profound experiences of crying. Do tears come easily? When someone cries, what do you do—how do you receive tears?
We look forward to reading and sharing YOUR work.
THE INVITATION: https://substack.com/@carermentor/note/c-67999007?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=a9y7d
Jeannie Ewing has just shared a wonderful piece: 'The day I cried in public again
Tears are not a sign of weakness. They are cathartic, and they heal. ' https://jeannieewing.substack.com/p/the-day-i-cried-in-public-again