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Thanks for being here at Create Me Free where I share all of my deep research into and musings about the complex relationship between art and mental health. While I touch on art as therapy and the benefits of creativity, I really dig into the ways that our mental health symptoms can impact our creative process, content, productivity, medium choice, self-perception, and reception by others.

I choose to write here full-time for a variety of reasons, which means that I have a lot of different types of posts going out every week. You can always find all of them on the Substack website. However, you might not want to receive email notifications about all of them. There’s a solution for that! So, I wanted to give you an overview of the types of posts that I offer and instructions for changing what you receive.

Choose What You Want to Read

Maybe you are here for all of this stuff. But maybe you only want to read about crochet as therapy, or perhaps you’re only interested in knowing when I do interviews with artists, or maybe you showed up here for THREADSTACK. It’s okay if you only want to know about those things and not the rest of what I write! I also have an option to receive just a single once-monthly email recapping everything.

You can opt in or out of different categories of posts so that you aren’t inundated with emails that don’t interest you. You make that change as a subscriber by going to https://createmefree.substack.com/account. It looks like this and you toggle on and off what you want to receive. At the bottom of this post you can learn more about what each of those categories means:

Guide to these posts:

Create Me Free

is where I share my original writing and deep research about the complex relationship between art and mental health. The bulk of my work goes into this section, so this will have the most frequent emails.

THREADSTACK

This section celebrates all of the awesome people on Substack who crochet, knit, sew, embroider, weave, etc.

Art and Mental Health Links

Every Friday I round up all of the best writing from Substack related to art and mental health. I add my own thoughts and draw connections between some of the pieces. It’s a great way to get to see what other people are writing about in this niche and is among my most popular posts. It gives you a chance to get to know some of the other writers talking about similar things as me.

Notes 2.0

A weekly roundup of things that I said/shared/saw on Substack Notes that inspired me and I wanted to expand on them. This is a good one if you love the Substack community.

Crochet Therapy

I have an expertise in crochet as therapy so I write a lot about this topic. Sometimes it’s also about broader craft-as-therapy concepts.

Dressember

This is a series of daily posts in December only highlighting participants in the Dressember movement which uses fashion to raise awareness and funds to combat human trafficking. The interviews will still relate to art and mental health.

Interviews

I love to interview artists/writers/creatives about their experiences with art and mental health.

Monthly Recaps

If you really just want to keep things quiet, then unselect all of the other options and select this one. Once a month, you’ll receive a recap of all the things I wrote that month and then you can choose to read them or not at your leisure.

Thank you for being here. I want to make it easy for you to find what’s right for you and leave the rest. I don’t want you to feel overwhelmed by email. You can always come to the Substack page to find writing. You can also find a comprehensive guide to the different posts within each category in my Table of Contents.

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