mental health – ALEXUS P. BROWN, PH.D.

Dr. Lexy Year 1

Well it has certainly been a very long time since we have had a chat...This one will be a long one. So many things have happened in a year since…

the aftermath with bated breath

Hey y'all, I know I promised consistency, but this is what you get. Life's been interesting. How about you? Well...I'm done. All 191 pages of well-researched identity-making and linguistic patterning…

in the eye of the storm

Long time no chat, y’all. Life has constantly been in flux after that last post. It was indeed like being whipped around in a hurricane. From dealing with grief and…

navigating grief

this isn't school focused but kind of? get in, we're going a ride through grieving So, there I was 4 weeks ago still trying to work on my dissertation and…

congratulating yourself

“When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it.” The former quote from Paulo Coelho's award-winning work, The Alchemist, has stuck with me since I read…

resubmission after failure

Strap in, this is gonna be a long one. Long time, no write. I was preparing for (hopefully) a major comeback. After I didn't pass my dissertation proposal back at…

getting started

Sometimes the hardest part is starting or starting over So as some of you may know, I passed the oral portion of my dissertation proposal but failed the written portion.…