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7 Tips for Coping with Anxiety

7 Tips for Coping with Anxiety

Anxiety can feel overwhelming, but there are practical steps you can take to manage it. If you're currently feeling anxious, remember that taking some simple, small steps can make...

Nov 26, 2024

Buick Hamblin

Find meditating too hard?

Find meditating too hard?

Meditation should be the easiest thing in the world. After all, you're just expected to sit in silence for a period of time. How hard can that be?

Mar 9, 2021

Alex Marten

Twenty+ At-Home Artist Date Ideas

Twenty+ At-Home Artist Date Ideas

Aside from writing Morning Pages, another key element of The Artist's Way practice is to go on what Julia Cameron calls Artist Dates. These are "a once-weekly, festive, solo...

Aug 25, 2020

Alex Marten

How daily writing can make you more mentally and physically resilient

How daily writing can make you more mentally and physically resilient

Deadlines, bills, health worries, a news cycle that never sleeps. When several stressors land at once, anxiety is a natural response. Daily expressive writing is one of the...

Apr 21, 2020

Alex Marten

How can writing Morning Pages change your life?

How can writing Morning Pages change your life?

Morning Pages, a great technique that gets you into the habit of daily writing, offers a whole bunch of benefits: it improves your mental health, unlocks your creativity, and has...

Feb 20, 2020

Anastasia Gorban

Using Morning Pages to deal with emotional pain

Using Morning Pages to deal with emotional pain

There are things in life that we don't want to talk to anyone about, things that are so painful that the mere thought of putting them on paper terrifies us. Because they are real....

Feb 20, 2020

Anastasia Gorban

Writing isn't JUST for writers. How writing improves health, reduces stress, and makes things much better for everyone

Writing isn't JUST for writers. How writing improves health, reduces stress, and makes things much better for everyone

A regular writing habit is beneficial. And not only for writers...

Dec 17, 2017

Anastasia Gorban