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Rain, rain

Coping with anxiety starts with not trying to minimize it.

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Tired

Life is exhausting right now. There is still hope.

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Picking sides

Depression is less about swings than it is tension.

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Processing

Data, data, data.

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Living out loud

My story matters because it means there is hope.

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A little of this and a little of that

There is no recipe for 2020.

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Across the universe

Jai Guru Deva, Om.

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Moving furniture

Change rituals help us adapt to new realities.

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Repeat after me

My mantra for when I fall into the trap of comparing my insides to other people’s outsides.

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The ways in which

How.

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