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Going Down to Go Up: What Therapy Taught Me About the Hero's Journey
Why healing sometimes (often?) requires descending into the very darkness we've been trying to escape
Aug 29
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Kathryn Vercillo
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Productivity Systems Sapped My Creativity
What if productivity systems designed for other types of work don't serve creative practice?
Aug 19
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Kathryn Vercillo
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I Didn’t Mean to Tell You That: Accidental Honesty in Creative Work
... But here is the part I want to hold gently. There is no requirement to keep those honest slips in the final draft ...
Jul 18
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Kathryn Vercillo
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The Content of Pain: When Illness Writes the Story for You
Not all creative work made during illness is seeking resolution. Sometimes it is seeking only to mark the moment, to capture what it feels like to be in…
Jul 16
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Kathryn Vercillo
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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…
Jul 7
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Kathryn Vercillo
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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.
Jun 9
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Kathryn Vercillo
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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 ...
May 2
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Kathryn Vercillo
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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…
Mar 26
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Kathryn Vercillo
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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
Mar 23
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Kathryn Vercillo
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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…
Jan 14
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Kathryn Vercillo
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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
Nov 21, 2024
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Kathryn Vercillo
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Essay Collection: First Person Musings and Thoughts
On depression, creativity, writing, education, personal growth, grief, the stuff of life
Nov 10, 2024
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Kathryn Vercillo
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