Oh the urge to knee-jerk a post

July was a bitch.

Dear friends:

If you saw my Bluesky or Substack feeds recently you'll take note that I posted I was offline for a full month due to a sudden very serious medical emergency. Such emergencies often render the individual who has experienced the event as 100% not in control of their own circumstances, and that certainly was the case with me.

I am not going to write in depth at this time about the medical event. I really don't care to go that deeply into it right now publicly; other than to acknowledge that it was serious enough that it put a full stop on my entire life, work, and relationships. The only people who are aware of what occurred are my doctors, family, and those who are closest to me. That is by design.

At age 54 certain things can happen with the human body, and coming back from those things obviously takes time. My doctors tell me it will be a year or beyond before I am fully recovered from my "July 4th surprise." Psychologically and spiritually it is taking a great deal of internal work to process and move through the event itself, as well as the aftermath. I have to sleep a lot, process a lot, physically allow my body to rest and reset, and then sit with it as it moves.

My day-to-day wellness and health, nurturing relationships with my family and squad who showed up in my time of crisis, and keeping my physical, psychological, and spiritual recovery on a continued positive track are the most important things right now. No new projects, no new ventures, nothing "hard" right now is on the table.

Likewise for IYKYKNews.com and my clinical therapy and coaching practice, I am focusing on eventually getting back to long-form writing and resuming regular clinical with my existing clients. That is all. I doubt I will be recording video or podcast content at this time.

There will be a time when I share more of what has occurred and how it impacted my being, but understanding it is a work in progress (as it always is) that I need time to work through. I hope you can hang on through to the Fall when I anticipate I'll have a bit more to say, especially as we approach the 2026 mid-term elections here in the U.S.

I'm not laying down or sitting this one out. My being is recalibrating.

Namaste,

Scott