Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach

@coachlydia

I believe women in midlife addiction deserve recovery so they can look at themselves in the mirror again. Book a free consult at Also yesyouhaveaproblem.com

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Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· 20d

Omg! When I started reading The Ilianld a month ago, this was my first thought. What a bunch of whiny entitled dude bros. I'm still liking it though

First thoughts on The Iliad:

I'm reading The Iliad for the first time. So let me make sure l'm getting it so far: Achilles is butt-hurt that Agamemnon took his "trophy" slave girl because Achilles made him return his "trophy" slave girl to her dad. And he then benches himself while thousands of Greeks die?
Yes?

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· 24d

Ultimate "man yells at clouds". 🤦🏼‍♀️

Trump blames global wind patterns for wildfire smoke in the US

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Jun 30

My brain read Unicorn Memorials. And now I'm coming down from the joy of there being Unicorn Memorials worthy of protection

Chyron as read by my brain:

Pirro vows full protection for Unicorn Memorial vandals

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Jun 28

This is what getting old looks like... #midlife #perimenopause

Bottles labeled with S for shampoo and C for conditioner because I can't read the writing on the bottles without my glasses. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Jun 28

A lovely reminder of one of the most sustaining of my favourite quotation: All will be well, and all will be well. And all manner of things will be well. Julian of Norwich

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Jun 26

"... And you'd be dead faster than you can say anachronism!" I haven't laughed this loudly listening to a book in ages! Thank goodness there was nothing in my mouth or I would have ruined my doodle art. Thanks @alixeharrow.bsky.social!

Said doodle art that would have been ruined

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· May 21

Ummmm.... This has got to be one of the saddest and stupidest headlines ever. JFC

Screenshot of CNN short with headline "Could drones inside schools help stop a mass shooting?"

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· May 15

I didn't expect the immediately measurable health benefits. These images are screenshots of my oura ring trends (don't at me). 4/

Graph showing improvement in resting heart rate

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· May 15

The good news is stopping drinking has the same immediate health benefits that quitting smoking does.

Wondering how long it takes to be sure that your history of regular drinking did not contribute to cancer? "About 30 years, the same as for tobacco," Rehm said. “If you are a relatively heavy drinker, you can think about it like this: One drink is one cigarette. Shocking, isn't it?"

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Apr 25

Go get your personal dick drawn by the amazing @dicksbyrichard.bsky.social at the Calgary FanExpo!

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Apr 23

Seriously, CNN? Advisors are plotting to set up the midterms as a choice between two parties? Those dastardly advisors... 🤦🏼‍♀️

Photo for Trump and Bessent and Wiles with a sub headline that state the crazy strategy to set up the midterms:

A choice between two parties

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Mar 30

Amy's post reminded me of a paper I read that indicated, in general, women drink to feel worse and men drink to feel better. I know that my drinking got worse the worse I felt. Big Alcohol needs to be treated the same way as Big Tobacco. That shit is killing us. tinyurl.com/53k3p66s

Fig. 1. Schematic summarizing findings from the present review that the general population of women is more likely to drink for negative reinforcement (e.g., stress and negative affect), and the general population of men is more likely to drink for positive reinforcement (e.g., stimulation), which reflects sex differences in the neurobiological underpinnings of drinking behavior. However, as also indicated in Fig. 1, these populations overlap, and some women may drink primarily for positive reinforcement and some men may drink primarily for negative reinforcement. This line of evidence suggests that probing stress pathophysiology may be an important direction to develop tailored
treatments for women.

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Mar 25

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Mar 24

Did Iran's present look like this?

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Mar 24

You seem to be getting closer to fostering the doggo version of your response to bizarre "who did this" posts...

Eye Guy from Power Rangers. But also John Moe's answer to everything.

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Mar 22

This amazing summary contains the following recap of Friday's press event. It's astonishing how this is even reality. open.substack.com/pub/no01/p/m...

Screw cap that says

Friday's press gaggle. Barely exaggerated: at 12:03 PM, President Trump told reporters he wanted a ceasefire with Iran. At 12:05 he declared victory. At 12:07 he announced he was sending Marines. At 12:08 he said no boots on the ground. At 12:11 he said he did not want a ceasefire. At 12:16 he declared victory again. At 12:17 he asked for a ceasefire. At 12:23 he told NATO they were cowards. At 12:29 he said Iran was begging for a ceasefire. At 12:31 he said everything was perfect. At 12:36 he said $500 oil was a good thing. At 12:37 he demanded Iran open Hormuz. At 12:39 he said Hormuz was never closed. At 12:41 he said the US was not at war with Iran. At 12:42 he declared victory in Iran.

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Mar 13

Seriously!? Please let us be better at being human...

DOGE bro admitting there were no books that he read

Lydia Scratch - Midlife Coach@coachlydia· Mar 7

Every year I'm reminded about the optimism of Spring. And when I see buds or bugs again, I'm reminded that darkness will always be broken by the lightness of hope. All will be well. (Pis from very early buds and bugs showing up in Calgary, AB)