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doreen dodgen-magee, psy.d.

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04/01/2026

Happy to announce that I’ve had some work done. How do I look?

April fools!

These are some images from my 60th birhtday party where the unbelievable surprised me by showing up as “drag doreen!”

Y’all…this was, perhaps, the most meaningful gift I’ve received in a very long time! I’ve known Austin since he was in high school and have witnessed his brilliance in so many spaces…theatrical ones, musical ones, relational ones, and more.

Austin’s talent is boundless and, what’s really remarkable is, so is his heart! I witness him honoring composers, friends, communities, and the vulnerable among us all the time. To have him honor me in this way (I always said I wanted to be present for his first time out in drag and this was it) is a profound honor.

Since my party Austin has introduced the world to .justcora who is the queen we all need!

As a delayed birthday gift, might you all hop over and follow Cora (and hire her for all the drag events you dream of hosting…brunch, bingo, story time)!

It is my sincere belief that drag saves lives, offering the kind of joy and empowerment that other art forms and communities dream of embodying. Austin/Cora, thanks for what I know will be wild amounts of joy and positivity that you will offer the world in this new way!

03/30/2026

🫶My Monday Mantra🫶

Choosing love over likes wildly today.

What is one way you can help someone in your orbit feel so loved that they forget about the whole concept of likes?

It doesn’t need to be a grand gesture.

It might be the simple act of acknowledging a trait about them that you admire (instead of complimenting them on something they do).

It would also work to communicate that you see someone who is struggling. That you bear witness and offer them love and attention.

We could change the world if we took this mantra seriously.

Let’s do it together.

P.S. I’ve been trying, for weeks, to master the whole forefinger/middle finger heart move and have decided my tiny, stubby fingers aren’t capable of it. Grateful for the new little thumb and forefinger option as well as the tried and true. Just goes to show that however you show love is more important than being able to show it in the trendy way!!

❤️

03/26/2026

Just hoping to feel like putting our phones down and staying off social media isn’t enough.

The powers working to keep us connected are far too powerful (as confirmed in today’s ruling).

I’m finding some actions to take this week tha will empower my friends (especially the young ones) to have fiery, fun, wild experiences apart from social media and their phones.

Let’s crowd source some ideas! Put yours below.

03/23/2026

I am grateful to have grown up in a family that valued resourcefulness. I love the challenge of facing a task (whether it be a thought, emotion, or physical one) using what I already have on board.

Social media apps passively encourage us to resist resourcefulness and reach, instead, for the ideal.

Order the perfectly themed party supplies. Use the incredible filter to tone your skin and thin your face. Google the answer before you “waste” any time trying to figure it out.

This saddens me because it means we sell ourselves (our brains, bodies, and hearts) short.

At least once this week, how about committing to using what you already have to approach a challenge? What about trying to find an answer without Googling it?

Our brains and bodies benefit from a bit of work to figure things out. Let’s let them have these wins.

Thanks for, yet again, speaking my mind!

03/18/2026

My Irish Quaker summer camp friend, Ash, is here & I couldn’t be more thrilled!

We spent St. Patrick’s day seeking out a favorite thing of theirs. Lighthouses.

The Oregon coast was Oregoning so our first two attempts were (mostly) thwarted. Fog killed just about every view and vista.

We persisted, however, and were so glad we did.

It is pure gift that they’ve traveled all this way for me to share a bit of my life and city with them.

As always, when I get to spend time with a brilliant person, I’m learning so much, laughing, singing along to their amazing road trip play list, and generally feeling unbelievably grateful for their friendship.

The next few days? Powell’s Books, a choir concert, and ALL the women’s sports.

Thanks for being here Ash. I promise that there really is quite a view from atop the Astor Column 😉.

To all our friends from Moyallon…I@wish you were all here with us!! I miss you!

❤️

03/15/2026

Year 23 of the for this mom/son team!

There’s nothing like beer for breakfast & a nice long stroll on both sides of the river with one of my favorite people on the planet!

Thank you for all the things!! For doing this with me every year, for spending the whole time (& lots of time in between) talking about things that matter, and for encouraging me to listen to my body and do the walk instead of the run (best move)!

I’m the most fortunate person in the world to get to be your mom. I fu***ng love you 😉!

03/13/2026

It’s and I’m doing an entire afternoon offline (as soon as I post this).

Time off line isn’t only important for our sense of calm and groundedness. It also increases our creativity, resourcefulness, and joy.

Use whatever you’ve got…some yarn, string from your kitchen, whatever…and do some finger knitting. Then, when you’re done, un-do the whole thing.

This is a radical act of resistance and communicates to your brain and body that it’s ok simply to be with no end product some times.

If we all adopted this practice even once a week, we’d begin seeing increased empathy and kindness toward our selves and others. This could change the world.

03/08/2026

On days like International Women’s Day it can be easy to feel like you aren’t the “right kind” of woman.

For me, that person doesn’t exist.

If you are a woman (& I include all female identifying people here…ALL OF THEM), I encourage, invite, and implore you to be the most wildly, true to who you are person and to be that woman unapologetically (loudly or quietly…whichever is your jam).

If all of humanity is a big puzzle…we desperately need your piece to be fully what it is meant to be in order to have a beautiful and powerful final piece of art.

I could spend all day listing the ways in which I am not the “right” kind of woman.

Today I am resisting that cultural (and social media driven) rut and trying hard to be boldly who I am.

Will you join me?

If you’ve been fed the message that your womanhood isn’t the acceptable or ideal kind, tell us about it below. Then let us shower you with healing truths!

You are important. You are you for a reason and we need you in this space and world.

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