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The Crisis Diaries: What Happens When Your Coping Skills Stop Working?

The Crisis Diaries: What Happens When Your Coping Skills Stop Working?

After you Marie Kondo your belongings down to the spelling bee trophy from sixth grade and the one mug that brings you joy, what then?
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The Crisis Diaries: OMFG Please Stop Calling This “the New Normal”

The Crisis Diaries: OMFG Please Stop Calling This “the New Normal”

This isn’t new and it most certainly is not normal.
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The Crisis Diaries: The Best Advice I Ever Bought

The Crisis Diaries: The Best Advice I Ever Bought

Sometimes “Why?” Is Not a Useful Question
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The Crisis Diaries: Nothing [Gold] Can Stay

The Crisis Diaries: Nothing [Gold] Can Stay

This Won’t Last Forever. Nothing Does.
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The Crisis Diaries: Choose Your Won’t

The Crisis Diaries: Choose Your Won’t

During crisis, rather than trying to get everything right, pick one thing you won’t get wrong.
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The Crisis Diaries: Rules for Worrying

The Crisis Diaries: Rules for Worrying

The human brain is going to worry. The question isn’t how can you stop it, but how are you going to work with it?
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Why Can’t We Have a Straight Pride Parade?

Why Can’t We Have a Straight Pride Parade?

I’ll tell you why . . .
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Cheryl Dumesnil
Poets: We Need You Now More Than Ever

Poets: We Need You Now More Than Ever

Translate the Messages Everyone Needs to Hear
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Cheryl Dumesnil
How to Get Married While the World Is on Fire

How to Get Married While the World Is on Fire

Is it okay to feel joy in tumultuous times?
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Cheryl Dumesnil
Why You Should Keep a Dirty Coffee Cup on Your Desk

Why You Should Keep a Dirty Coffee Cup on Your Desk

A Poet’s Antidote to Insecurity
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