I have a lot of opinions about a lot of things. I am very opinionated about apples.

Much like Loretta Lynn, I was born a coal miner’s (grand)daughter. Both my maternal and paternal grandfathers worked in the mines for a time.

Time a task spent on my to do list: 28 months Time to complete said task: exactly 6 minutes Time until recognition of this unhealthy pattern: the limit does not exist.

We hope to wrap up data collection in early March so please share widely! Thanks so much!

I’ve had quite a slow start to sabbatical with attending a virtual conference, a couple of snow days, and bouts of existential ennui. However, my wonderful colleagues are bound and determined to help me value and celebrate this semester. Love them so much.

Fresh baguettes Carnitas Pepperoni & cheese crackers Macaroni & cheese Ham

Supremely talented doctoral student Halle Fowler is hoping to put together an ABCT panel related to Deaf and Hard of Hearing suicide prevention or mental health. We have multiple qualitative and quantitative studies on DHH interpretation in mental health settings. We need help finding panelists!

Mochi is the squishiest of the squish faced and the stubbornest of the stubborn. Norabelle is so patient but is an absolute queen at setting boundaries. 🐕 🐶

Amidst ::waves hands at … all of this::, it feels unnerving to announce something positive. But as of today, I’m on sabbatical. I have a plan for my time but I’m open to tips, advice, or any wins from your own sabbatical experiences. Sharing my plan in case it’s helpful for anyone.

2025 Year in Review 📅 🌱🦋 🎶 📖📕🦋🧪🐦🖊️📓📝 🎆 long story short, I survived #YearinReview #goals2025 #AnnualReview

Post Christmas crash—Mochi is all of us who celebrate a little too hard

Having introvert friends is great because even if you make plans by accident you can always be all "hey I checked the forecast and it's supposed to be really late out tonight" and then they'll be like "yeah you shouldn't be out in weather like that" and then nobody has to leave their blanket cocoons

The downside of getting caught up on emails is when everyone else is on top of their inbox and replies right away…

We invite you to participate in an online study, which examines the relationships between personality traits and stress among Black LGBTQIA+ individuals.

NASSPD is accepting submissions for our 2026 conference in Toronto, April 24-25th! See nasspd.org/conference for conference information and submission portal. Talks (individual, symposia, data blitz) and clinical workshops due Nov 1st. Posters due Dec 1st. Hope to see you there!

today I discovered that approximately 430 emails from the last 2 months had been filtered into a new and undisclosed folder in outlook called “promotions”. of these, 115 were emails I definitely needed to read (& definitely not “promotions”!) and about 20 were critical/urgent. great work, outlook.

In addition to posting plants and puppies, I also mentor students interested in personality pathology. My lab is recruiting a graduate student in clinical or personality psychology for Fall 2026. So please send folks my way. Feel free to share! Thanks.

When the kids are fighting over who loves baby more.

Mochi looks like he’s seen some things.

I am loathe to admit that ‘they’ were right. If you give your household more than 20 minutes from when you wake up to when you leave, everyone’s mornings are less stressful.

The start of the semester is like New Year’s Day at the gym.

Potential grad applicants: I'm hoping to take 1-2 new students this cycle! There's no need to email me in advance unless you have specific questions that aren't answered on the lab or psych department's website - everyone's applications will be considered equally. u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025...

I feel I have become crotchety before my time.

Something people might already know about me—whenever I run into someone I know, get a text from them, or interact with them on social media, my first thought is always always always “do I owe them an email? what am I making them wait for me on?” If I look panicked when I wave or smile, that’s why.

I’m an odd one who doesn’t like travel. However, I do like packing for trips, making planning lists, and crafting out of office messages. So that was my fun Friday evening!

It isn’t who I would have guessed but I mean, it’s not wrong… openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...

This week I swept the patio, organized the pantry, and pressure washed the furniture. …Instead of grading.

Norabelle doesn’t get nearly enough social media time

One never loses touch with their roots when they’re from SE KY. Sometimes though, in a conversation when you say things like “oh, you just know not to climb on the coal pile from the time you can walk”…it feels just a little more obvious.

The dapperest of the puppers. Happy belated gotcha day to Mochi.

The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today. Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.

There is a glorious sunrise

The Sunday Scaries are in full force today.

I’m a little tender since 50+ families in our small community lost everything last night. But man, it’s rough logging into Bluesky seeing all the folks laughing that Oklahomans are “getting what they deserve”. Our family is fortunate we were safe—unlike friends (many of whom hate MAGA, btw). Yikes.

I’m officially “turns her ankle while standing still” years old.

🩹 Older children and teens need vaccines, too! #CDC guidelines for children aged 7-18 are below. Protect your kids, protect your community.

If RFK wants to meaningfully decrease rates of depression, he can support paid family and maternity leave, equal pay for women, universal healthcare, and fully funded public schools. Stigmatizing medication that treats the mental impact of a country that devalues your existence won’t cut it.

Norabelle & Mochi are the smooth talkin hucksters trying to talk you into extra Valentine treats

"assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs" good time time become an antipsychiatry grifter in the US www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

If you are wondering where the "NIH? indirect cost "plan came from, I stumbled across it. www.heritage.org/sites/defaul... Indirect Costs: How Taxpayers Subsidize University Nonsense 1/2

Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it. Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on. Making this my pinned post.

In retrospect, getting large numbers of anxious academics to join one small social media platform en masse was a mistake

“The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact check”

I’m just too soft for all of it.

The gray, drizzly day is aligned perfectly with my desire to curl up under a blanket, pretending the chaos of the world and my to do list do not exist. Unfortunately, my outlook calendar full of teaching, meetings, and interviews didn’t get this memo. Press on, beauties. Let’s get through today.

Today in class I gave out themed stickers as part of an activity and they were a big hit. College students apparently still love stickers. There’s my “good thing” this week. It was such a jolt of positivity. 🥰