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  THE THINGS THAT FOLLOW YOU A Penny Dreadful · Installment One Some women move to Nashville for the music. Others come for the promise of a better life. Melody Hart came for a job, a fresh start, and the rather quaint belief that being good at your work might actually count for something. Chapter One A Very Promising Opportunity Melody Hart had not moved to Nashville to reinvent herself. Reinvention sounded exhausting, and at forty-something, she had already spent enough time trying to become the person other people seemed to expect. She was perfectly happy to remain herself, thank you very much, provided she could find a job she enjoyed, pay her bills without developing a nervous twitch, and go an entire week without discovering some new professional catastrophe. The position at Whitmore, Hale & Pierce seemed promising. It was a global law firm with an impressive reputation, elegant offices, and a salary that made the cost of moving to Nashville seem almost reasonable. Her ne...

  FACT: Western medicine has become very good at diagnosing problems and prescribing solutions.  QUESTION: But are we, as a society, spending enough time asking why so many people are struggling in the first place? We live in a society that wants everything now. Instant gratification.  We want faster food, faster internet, instant answers, overnight delivery, and immediate relief from anything that makes us uncomfortable. Apparently, we want our brains to work in the same manner. Can't concentrate? There might be a pill for that. Feeling overwhelmed? There's a medication that might help. Trouble sleeping?  Here, take two.   Struggling to get organized, manage your time, or finish what you started? Perhaps it's time for an evaluation.  I'm talking about considering what's wrong or missing from your environment , as opposed to what's wrong with you. Now, before anyone reading this accuses me of suggesting that ADHD isn't real (does anyone still read this...