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It feels too vulnerable to tell you my secrets related to money ... but I'm going to anyway
The system is not set up to support artists/creatives, women, people with chronic illness, neurodivergence ... most of us. And yet, despite knowing…
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The Medium Is the Message: How Material Choices Reflect Mental States
We think we are choosing our materials. Sometimes it feels more like they choose us.
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I Love Writing, I Do, But Is Loving It Enough of a Reason to Keep Doing It For Money?
How the digital age erased the line between creativity and unpaid labor ... They love your words, but never enough to pay your bills ...
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Hypergraphia and other impacts of bipolar depression and mania on the physical act of writing
Is this just part of the creative process? Or is it a symptom of mental health challenges that one might see as a positive symptom when it allows for…
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From Autopilot to Authenticity: Slowing Down to Find My Voice
Or on trying again to be the writer I really am, to get my voice and brain back from the inanity of algorithmic writing
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Is There Such a Thing as Intergenerational Health?
Trying to find answers in religions and cultures that aren't mine and then through a framework of Family Constellations Therapy, I wonder if we can heal…
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Essay Collection: Books Where Art Meets Psychology
Here's where you can find what I'm writing about books I'm reading, books I've written, and the broader world of books as a reader/writer
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Essay Collection: First Person Musings and Thoughts
On depression, creativity, writing, education, personal growth, grief, the stuff of life
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Compulsively Curating the "Perfect Life" and Other Social Media Addictions
Frequent selfies, stalking others, and other Internet behaviors that become problematically compulsive
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What Would a Library "Where Art Meets Psychology" Look Like?
Create Me Free is a small snippet of the digital form of this library.
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Aging Well ... Yes, Life Chose Me After All
And three letters to myself from three different ages and stages of life.
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On Turning Outside When Perhaps I Need to Turn Inward
Just some thoughts about where we get our information and inspiration as we design our creative lives ....
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