A fat cat, a skinny cat, a striped one, a polka-dotted one…

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Today I wear it’s holes with pride. Just like me, my sweater has battle scars. It’s been a hard (and beautiful) few years.

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Beat those one-word answers with these questions.

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Wwoofing (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms). In exchange for room and board, adventure and varying degrees of fun and misery, we work on farms providing labour that a small farm owner could not otherwise afford.

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Follow these six easy steps for an invisible scarf of your very own.

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Moments of struggle strip our ability to remember our tools when we need them the most. Anxiety and nightmares are different but the strategy—writing down what we need—is the same.

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There is no space to figure things out in the grips of a panic attack. Being prepared will help you get what you need and will help your support person—friend or stranger—be of better service.

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Everyone here understands that anxiety is not a personality trait.

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"Mama, you have lots of dots. Good job."

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Feeling cozy instead of cooped up is key to managing my anxiety.

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Oh Resistance, I know you're here.

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I credit my anxiety for bringing writing into my life.

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What does it mean to let go? Getting a haircut. Returning unread library books. Quitting. Cleaning out the fridge.

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When anxiety creeps in as you make your holiday shopping list, put on the kettle.

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I was Mama Turtle at a time when my emotions and thoughts would have been better aligned with Cheetah, Scorpion, or Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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What's your cozy? For me, it’s orange slices and hot chocolate in my Beatrix Potter cup, endless beeswax candles.

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