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Try: Snowglobing Away Your Thoughts
Meredith Arthur Meredith Arthur

Try: Snowglobing Away Your Thoughts

Last week I received a mysterious package in the mail. In it were many fun anx-positive crafty treats including fake tattoos, scratch and sniff stickers, and a monocle that made everything look rainbow when you looked through it. 

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Why I Would Never Create a Donation Page
Meredith Arthur Meredith Arthur

Why I Would Never Create a Donation Page

For the past two years I’ve been working on a website to help people struggling with stress, anxiety, perfectionism and overthinking. In that time, many well-intentioned friends have suggested that I ask for donations to support my work. My response: "No way."

Why all the head shaking? This post explains it all.

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Big news! It's alive.
Meredith Arthur Meredith Arthur

Big news! It's alive.

For the past few months, I’ve been working on a new, wild experiment. It’s not one I could have predicted. It began as I added up my site costs for bevoya.com. One thing become clear: I have to figure out a way to break even while working on this project....And that's what this letter from me to you is about.

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Try to: Keep a People Boundaries List
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Try to: Keep a People Boundaries List

I wrote down some subheadings -  Focus on, Beware, Be Cautious, Acquaintances, Non-Starters One-way Streets, and Let Sleeping Moments Lie.  Under each one, I put in as many as names as possible, including the two people from the last two days' roadtrip through Disappointmentia.

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What is Mindfulness? A 7-Year-Old Breaks It Down. 
Meredith Arthur Meredith Arthur

What is Mindfulness? A 7-Year-Old Breaks It Down. 

If you haven't exactly understood what people mean when they talk about "mindfulness," you might get it this time. This is a very clear description of mindfulness by a 7-year-old who really understands it.

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Try: Bringing Color Into Your Life
Meredith Arthur Meredith Arthur

Try: Bringing Color Into Your Life

Last week, we saw housepainters priming the house out our back window. We were filled with curiosity (especially me, a curious cat for neighborhood haps). What color would they go with? Would it be "startup grey", the most common color of the San Francisco neighborhood where we live? 

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Migraines, Anxiety, and Magnesium
Meredith Arthur Meredith Arthur

Migraines, Anxiety, and Magnesium

I take 400 mg of chelated magnesium every day in addition to the magnesium I get from eating foods like almonds and spinach. But it wasn't a simple path to figure out what kind of magnesium to take, or to understand what I should expect it to do.

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