The process trended toward the ability recognize an emotion in its essentialized form and quickly understanding who is the appropriate audience if and when I need to disclose it.

In the nation-state that is my chosen family, I have a presidential cabinet of people who I’ve personally designated in my mind to support specific anxieties and stressors that fall under different categories — career, political, etc.

KP is the Vice Prez, and he has authority over and say within each of the agencies of my emotional executive branch.