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Overfunctioner’s Revolution: Ghosted By A Girlfriend
Has it happened to you? One day you’re friends, the next day you’re not, and you can’t figure out what happened . I love this vlog...
Gina Greenlee, Author
15 hours ago1 min read


Overfunctioner’s Revolution: Have a Ball Drawing Boundaries!
Don’t give yourself away. ◊ ◊ ◊ Create Anarchy. Do Nothing. The image of me standing there, ankle-deep in tennis balls stopped me cold....
Gina Greenlee, Author
Jun 16, 20243 min read


The Emotional Iceberg
I recruited an acquaintance to help market my third book, Postcards and Pearls Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road. We met and...
Gina Greenlee, Author
May 28, 20232 min read


Ask Me Again
How I Overfunctioned: I repeatedly invited Betty to various social activities. She would repeatedly decline my invitation then say, “Ask...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Jan 30, 20221 min read


Overfunctioning Recovery: Lessons from Playing Diner Dash
Seven years ago I discovered the video game Diner Dash. One night I played four hours. I was enjoying myself, racking up points and...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Apr 3, 20213 min read


A Dating Story: Sunk Cost Bias
Early in my 15 years of living in Connecticut I knew no one, and sought companionship and boredom-free living through personal ad dating....
Gina Greenlee, Author
Mar 21, 20214 min read


The Healing Journey: Game Changers, Integration and Daily Practice
Diane (a pseudonym) called to ask, “Are we okay?” A question I wasn’t expecting from 10 feet below the usual surface talk. I was at the...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Oct 11, 20205 min read


If You’re Not “Full of Yourself” Who Should You Be Full of?
“She’s full of herself.” Meant as a slur about one who holds herself in high esteem. I say we should be full of ourselves, all of us....
Gina Greenlee, Author
Mar 14, 20201 min read


Create Some Work for the Asker
Helen asked if I would circle journey with her. Circle journeying is an interactive art journal traded back and forth until complete. I...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Mar 8, 20202 min read


The Recovering Overfunctioner’s Commandments
Thou Shalt Not Script, Production Design, and then Rehearse Scenes from Imagined Slights and Conflicts. ◊ ◊ ◊ Thou Shalt Not Plan for...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Feb 2, 20203 min read


How To Say No
“People who create know how to say ‘no’ and are willing to suffer the consequences.” In his book, How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Jan 6, 20201 min read


Do You Coach for Free What You Want to Be?
“I mentored people to achieve goals I wanted for myself. Susan to be a visual artist, and Benson to write.” Story: Shadow Artist I was...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Dec 17, 20192 min read


Overfunctioner’s Revolution Now Available on Amazon
As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Nov 25, 20191 min read


The Overfunctioner’s Revolution: Create Anarchy. Do Nothing.
My therapist had a vision: me standing on a tennis court, bright yellow balls at my feet that were lobbed over the net by other people. I...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Nov 6, 20191 min read


The Overfunctioner’s Revolution: Tough Love Practices for Not Giving Yourself Away
It’s good to get mad. In the late 18th century, American colonists got mad when the British government stomped all over their right to...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Oct 13, 20191 min read


Be Ruthless
Grant yourself permission. To not wash dishes, do laundry, answer every email, take the call every time the phone rings, text back every...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Jan 3, 20191 min read
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