Grant Spencer, Author at The Big Smoke

Grant Spencer

Grant Spencer is a psychologist in private practice who wanted to be a writer who wanted to be a rock singer. He has a BA in Creative Writing and Literature, and continues to write poetry intermittently in order to avoid the panic over running his own business.

3:00 a.m. Reflections on the Awesome Brutality of New Fatherhood

September 19, 2017 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents, The Big Smoke Arena by Grant Spencer

I’m two months into fatherhood and what I’ve experienced is far different to anything I’d assumed. The feelings of detachment, escape, and love are as real as they are insignificant.

Traumatic Memories and Our Response to Overcoming Them

January 4, 2017 on Featured, Health, Lifestyle by Grant Spencer

Traumatic memories are often placed in the rearview mirror instead of under the microscope, but how do you work through trauma without it overcoming you?

Opinion: Untying the Rope of Emotional Safety

June 26, 2016 on Featured, Health, Lifestyle by Grant Spencer

Basing opinion on our emotional reaction makes us feel safe, but it is merely a defense of not knowing enough about the topic.

Nostalgia: Not What It Used to Be

February 4, 2016 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Grant Spencer

We sent Grant Spencer to critique his high school poetry, only for him to discover that nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.

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