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perfectionism | anger | anxiety | depression

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  • It was a year of yet another 50 books, and I wanted to do another “top books” of the year post. (Here’s last year’s.) The following are the most impactful books on my mental health that I read in 2022: Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed…

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  • Leonardo da Vinci said, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Would you not agree? Why then—even despite understanding the cultural and societal expectations and measurement and definition of productivity—do we keep finding ourselves constantly adding more to the to do list, even when those things won’t get…

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  • “Whenever you’re feeling down, just know that so many people have it worse than you.” “Your feelings, no matter how big or small, are valid. All feelings are valid. Speak your truth.” PHEW, am I right?!?!? Which IS IT? Can I care about my botched Starbucks…

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  • Cat’s outta the bag. I’m slowly but surely writing a YSN book! In this post I want to walk you through my idea for this BABY of mine and share a very important part of my writer’s journey: community feedback. As you all know (but I’ll…

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  • This is a post for those of us who know that is it imperative that we FIGHT, and simultaneously have a barrier to fighting, whatever it may be. Our barrier is a barrier, but it’s not a shutdown. There is a way to care for yourself and participate fully. If…

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  • Why are we impressed by the bare minimum? I’m not saying it’s right or wrong. Or that we should or should not change. I’m just looking into what the deal is here. There’s this mailman in the town I work in who is good looking. Once…

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