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Kat Kinsman

Advice from My Therapist on Breaking Down and Staying Balanced During a Pandemic

I had therapy over the phone yesterday, and she shared a few good coping strategies. I hope this can be of use.

2 min readMar 20, 2020

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To All the Anxious Thumb Pickers

Note: I wrote this in 2015, but it feels especially relevant right now.

2 min readMar 16, 2020

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The Marvel Superhero Who Saved Me

I outsourced my emotional wellbeing to ‘The Infinity Saga’ this summer⁠ — and I couldn’t be happier

5 min readSep 11, 2019

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Hi, Anxiety: Life at the National Spelling Bee

This is an excerpt from my book Hi, Anxiety: Life With a Bad Case of Nerves and it seemed relevant at this time of year.

5 min readJun 1, 2017

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An Anxious Person’s Guide to the Election Aftermath

I cannot stop picking the scab. I know it’s going to leave a scar, but I don’t seem to be able to help myself. I claw until I bleed, and I…

4 min readNov 23, 2016

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Chefs with Issues: What’s killing the restaurant industry

I remain utterly gobsmacked that chef Rene Redzepi and his team at Noma and MAD Symposium invited me onto their stage to speak about the…

11 min readOct 6, 2016

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7 Tips for Supporting an Anxious Partner (While Taking Care of Yourself, Too)

So you’ve fallen in love with an anxious person! Sorry about that. As a professional anxiousologist (and having been on both sides of that…

4 min readJun 19, 2016

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Silent Night Is the Best We Can Hope For

A parent’s degenerative illness can make the holidays a lot less merry

6 min readDec 20, 2015

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Mental Illness and Food: Feeding the Beast

I recently had the opportunity to speak on a panel at the TerraVita Food & Drink Festival in Chapel Hill, NC. Each member of the panel was…

3 min readOct 10, 2015

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How to assign and edit a personal essay without being a soul-sucking monster

Backstory: This is a document I wrote for my colleagues at CNN when I was leaving last fall. I edited the First Person essay series, and…

3 min readSep 14, 2015

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Kat Kinsman

Kat Kinsman

Author of Hi, Anxiety: Life With a Bad Case of Nerves, executive features editor at Food & Wine, founder of Chefs With Issues.

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