This runs almost directly counter to everything I said last Thursday, but on the other hand I use both techniques, so they’re clearly compatible in reality. Paradoxes. Fun stuff. (I actually spoke about this to some students last week, and suggested today’s technique for low-moderate nerves/anxiety, and Thursday’s technique for moderate-high anxiety.) So here’s the […]
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So the title of this video is, somewhat melodramatically, ‘Top 10 Plants That Will Eat You’. Colour me sceptical. Nevertheless, they are still pretty cool plants, so worth the 8 minutes of your time :3 <3 What have you found on the internet this week that’s cool? Read more:Dealing With The BluesHow To Theme: Chapter
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Fight your fears! Battle your demons! Stand against the darkness that envelops you! Yeah, yeah, we get it. To have fears is to be weak, to have anxious fears (i.e. unfounded, melodramatic, or unrealistic fears) is even weaker, and if you don’t stand up right this instant with a fear-tuned flamethrower and FIGHT THE LIFE
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In good times, it is possible for a lion to purr. (If you have not seen this, you will not believe me.) Your lion wants to keep you safe. Because of this, occasionally, when you are safe and your lion sees this, it will rub its cheeks against you and purr, like the distant rumble
A storm growled eagerly on the horizon as she passed through the iron gates. The wind could have been the voices of the dead, and she pulled her coat tighter around her. Headstones wove in drunken lines, leading inexorably towards the one person she’d sworn she’d never see again. The storm reached the bounds of
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Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit
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So this is cool: a video that shows ten fruits and veggies that have changed so much throughout their history so as to be nearly unrecognisable. I knew about some of them, because I love heirloom veggies (counting down until I can have a garden again and plant them all; for now I just content
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The best way to fight a lion is to not. Instead, approach it sideways, from the very edges, looking vague, and non-threatening. When it realises you are there— and it will— it will growl, and bear its teeth, which feels a lot like a lump in your throat or adrenalin in your stomach. But you
A few of you have been asking lately about what the deal is with my non-fiction book, From The Ground Up, which looks at the relationship between geography, climate and culture. Well. I have News, which I am now able to share. The short version is that I have amicably parted ways with my publisher,
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Generic updatey-ness today, because Because. Sanctuary 3, otherwise known as When Worlds Collide, is still sitting in a metaphorical drawer at about 40k (of a projected 55-60) while I try to figure out how on earth I’m going to wrap everything up (think about your series arc before committing to a series, yo). However, I’m
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