1. A Reason To Stop Worrying – Watch This Whenever You’re Stressed Or Anxious. (video)

2. What Does My Anxiety Mean? “I need to know what it means, to understand its purpose more deeply. Not to package and sell it — I won’t be writing an inspirational memoir about the invaluable lessons I learned from my anxiety and here’s how you can, too. I just need to make sense.”

3. Vintage Illustrations of Flora and Fauna Are Superimposed into Surreal Portraits by MUMI. 

4. Returning to the Whole. “To heal ourselves, we must remember that we are a small part of a much greater whole, writes adrienne maree brown in their June column.”

5. ‘You Don’t Look Anorexic’ on The New York Times. “New research shows that our assumptions about eating disorders are often wrong — and that many larger-bodied people are starving themselves.” For me, my health issues for the most part are about three things: chronic stress, insufficient rest, and starving myself — for years. It’s easy to see why so many of us suffer when healthcare and wellness culture pretend the fix for everything is to “lose weight” and assume that the size of your body is the most accurate measure of health.

6. Ditch the hearse, bring the kids, have a picnic: an alternative undertaker’s tips for a better funeral. “Rupert Callender didn’t know what to do with his life until he realised he could help people mark the deaths of their loved ones. Just don’t mention pallbearers and the other traditional trappings.”

7. What Our Devotion to “Wellness Cures” Costs Us. “‘Wellness’ is not merely a vague and noble goal but is a growing $4.4 trillion industry seeking to influence women’s spending habits and capture as much of our money as possible.”

8. 9 Relatable Things That Drain Highly Sensitive People.

9. 3 Emotional Regulation Practices for People Who Feel Too Much. “How to avoid going into emotional overload and triggering your flight and fight response.” In related news, 5 Self-Soothing Techniques for Introverts Who Feel Overstimulated.

10. What to Know About Seasonal Depression on The New York Times. “If you notice drastic shifts in your mood during certain times of the year, you could have seasonal affective disorder. Here are answers to your top questions about the condition.”

11. Depression can make tasks as easy as showering feel impossible — here’s how I dealt.

12. Burnout was supposed to get better. It hasn’t. “It’s not just you: Almost half of American office workers feel burned out at work.” In related news, Beyond burnout: What helps—and what doesn’t.

13. Hackers stole $13,103.91 from me. Learn from my mistakes. “Here are three simple ways to protect yourself from common hacks.”

14. A therapist says most women have ‘mother hunger’ that affects their relationships — here are 2 signs you have it.

15. ‘PEN15’ was a masterclass in working through adolescent angst. “The final season offered a profound answer as to why it was unlike anything else on TV.”

16. ‘Slash/Back’ Review: Inuit teens battle aliens in a groundbreaking thriller. “Slash/Back may be a spiritual successor to The Thing, but it carves out a unique space as a sci-fi horror flick made for Indigenous young adults.”

17. What to Watch: 7 (Actually Good) LGBTQ+ Rom-Coms to Stream.

18. Rosie Thomas – Fly Little Crow (feat. Iron & Wine). (video)

19. Mary Karr on Navigating Memory While Writing Memoir. “A single image can split open the hard seed of the past.”

20. I Love Lists, a fun collection on A Grace Full Life.

21. A Simple Wish on Craft Talk. Also from Jami Attenberg on Craft Talk, What Writers Need.

22. 16 Life-Learnings from 16 Years of The Marginalian. “Reflections on keeping the soul intact and alive and worthy of itself.”

23. @englisheccentrichome on Instagram. Dreamy interiors posted by Nikki Renshaw. “I am an Interior Designer. This is my inspiration board.”

23. Good stuff from Jena Schwartz: Wild Thing and Homecoming.

24. The Ultimate Productivity Hack is Saying No. We don’t have to care about productivity to recognize the power of no.

25. America’s problem is White people keep backing the Republican Party. “A clear majority of White Americans keeps backing the Republican Party over the Democratic Party, even though the Republican Party is embracing terrible and at times antidemocratic policies and rhetoric. The alliance between Republicans and White Americans is by far the most important and problematic dynamic in American politics today.”

26. 10 Slow Living Books To Help You Simplify Your Life.

27. Why Every Introvert Should Have an Exercise Routine.

28. Training The Mind To Transform, on the podcast from the Upaya Center, a nine part series in which “Reverend Angel Kyodo Williams, Roshi, gives a Dharma talk introducing the practice of Lojong or mind training” and “Through personal investigation, creative confrontation, and rigorous practice, we will train our mind toward unshakable compassion together.” 

29. Your autobiography from Seth Godin.

30. On Being Foundations, a special, four-part series. “On Being Foundations are words and ideas – ways of seeing the world and walking through it – that have emerged through 20 years of conversations which have come into conversation with each other and the life of the world. Think of these as tethering understandings towards our shared callings for inner life, presence to the world, and life together…Every session comes with an invitation that you can weave through the ordinary interactions of your life, your every day. You’ll find notes beneath each session posted on this page, with prompts to support that.”

31. #Blocktober from Mason Currey, which begins with #Blocktober begins here, (“A fog, a phobia—ennui, impotence, insanity—powerlessness, horror—and other attempts to describe the dreaded block”), and goes on to offer The perfect conditions for a creative block.

32. Comedian and actor Leslie Jordan dies after car crash at 67. This makes me so sad. He’d just lost his mama. “‘The world is definitely a much darker place today without the love and light of Leslie Jordan,’ a statement issued by the actor’s representative, David Shaul, said. ‘Not only was he a mega talent and joy to work with, but he provided an emotional sanctuary to the nation at one of its most difficult times. What he lacked in height he made up for in generosity and greatness as a son, brother, artist, comedian, partner and human being. Knowing that he has left the world at the height of both his professional and personal life is the only solace one can have today.'”

33. I Weigh Podcast: Holding and Understanding Grief with Megan Devine on Spotify. “Psychotherapist and author Megan Devine joins Jameela this week to discuss what grief is, how it can affect us physically, what we can say to those in our lives who are grieving, and how we can actually help, and then wrap things up by answering your questions about grief and healing.”

34. The existence of the last slave transport ship was denied. A new documentary reveals the truth. “Descendant tells the true story of the ship and the descendants of the enslaved people who have fought hard to establish the truth of the Clotilda’s existence, both to better understand their own roots and to prove to the world that the crime actually happened. It declares that history cannot be brushed aside because it makes some people feel bad to remember it.”

1. U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón And The Power Of Poetry. (video) “This summer, Ada Limón was named the 24th U.S. Poet Laureate and is the first Latina to hold the position. Limón joined American Voices host Alicia Menendez to discuss how she thinks poetry brings people together, the role her stepmother’s death played in her decision to pursue poetry fulltime, and what she thinks Americans get wrong about red states like Kentucky.”

2. Murder to Middle School. “I was 13 when my father was killed right before my eyes. Two weeks later, while everyone in our small town obsessed over his grizzly death, I embarked on a new horror: 8th grade.”

3. 47 Fall Soup Recipes to Keep You Warm and Toasty.

4. This video from Leonid Gliberman is what life feels like to me.

5. Fruits Music, “The biggest independent streaming record label in the world.” These are my favorite soundtracks for writing, yoga, napping, and staring off into space.

6. Shop Sebastian Foster’s Limited-Edition Disrupted Realism Print Set Featuring Works Reshaping Realism. I think Sanctuary by Mia Bergeron is my favorite one.

7. See the buzzworthy winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. In related news, The Ocean Photography Awards Just Announced Their Finalists For 2022, And Here Are The Best 40 Photos.

8. The Nap Bishop Is Spreading the Good Word: Rest on The New York Times. “Tricia Hersey, founder of the Nap Ministry, sees rest as a revolutionary way to push back on America’s obsession with productivity at all costs.”

9. Shattered Porcelain Fragments Are Elegantly Bonded in Kintsugi Sculptures by Yeesookyung. I can look at these for a really, really long time before I see everything they contain.

10. Joy Harjo on Listening and Writing with Intention, an excerpt from Joy Harjo’s new book, Catching the Light. 

11. Fatimah Asghar Is an Elusive Scorpio Bitch to the Core. “The author of ‘When We Were Sisters’ on their writing process and unwinding their personal life narrative.”

12. The Fight for the Soul of Pilates on The New York Times. “Long after the death of Joseph Pilates, the exercise program’s magnetic founder, his disciples are battling over his legacy.”

13. Bisa Butler on The Colossal. “Brooklyn-based artist Bisa Butler uses brightly colored cotton, wool, and chiffon fabrics with bold patterns to piece together quilts featuring detailed portraits of Black people. The materials and themes connect American subjects with their African roots and tell visual stories of history and culture.”

14. Giovanna Photography. “As a photographer, Giovanna Aryafara travels the world in search of subjects that awaken our emotions, invoke a sense of shared spirituality, and reveal our world through a minimalist, design-inspired lens. Her works offer access to the beauty of our Earth, inspired by her love of sharing the diversity of human experience.”

15. For Everyone Collective. “Abolitionist clothing, art, and education. Created and produced by formerly incarcerated people and their loved ones.” I really want this hoodie, but it’s currently sold out.

16. Cheap, delicious – and only three years out of date: my week of eating food past its best-before. “Some buy it to save money; others to save the planet. The market for ageing food is booming – but what’s it like and is it safe?”

17. The secret is folding: Grand Junction artist uses origami to quiet the mind.

18. He’s known as Chile’s greatest poet, but feminists say Pablo Neruda is canceled.

19. Konekono Kitsune on Instagram, vegetable embroidery. 

20. Permanente Journal Says ‘Upwards of 70%’ Of Our Health Is Determined By Social Factors Beyond Health Care. “If this data is trying to teach us anything, it’s that the best investment we can possibly make as a culture is divesting completely from healthism and investing heavily in social justice that seeks to end things like cyclical poverty, exploitative housing policies, unequal access to education, and racism, fatphobia and other forms of bigotry.”

21. A Low-Pressure Guide to Make Strength Training a Habit on The New York Times.

22. Oak Tree Roots Carved into Fantastical Creatures with Long Limbs by Tach Pollard.

23. Koalas have fingerprints almost identical to ours. “Koalas are the only non-primates with fingerprints. How is that possible—and why?” I love weird animal facts.

24. Wisdom from Adreanna Limbach: “It is a thousand times more powerful to come to a realization for ones self, through skillful guidance, than to be told what you ‘should’ do.”

25. How to Meal Plan: 5 Tips. 

26. 99 Questions For Reflection & Introspection.

27. Starting from scraps from Austin Kleon.

28. Good stuff from Andrea Gibson: The Definition of Love: A Writing/Feeling Prompt to Open Your Heart and Mental Health Tip From Space: We Are 99.9% Nothing – How feeling into the space in our cells can improve our mental health.

29. Seven keys to cocreation. 

30. How Introverts Can Work Through Feelings of Resentment. In what seems like related news, How to stop stewing about something you’ve taken (a little too) personally.

31. Don’t Overthink It: The Argument For Just Starting to Write.

32. People Are Sharing “Cheat Codes” They’ve Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones.

33. But Can You Drop It on Your Foot? from Jena Schwartz. I love this.

34. 14 Subtle Ways Having A Toxic Parent Affects You As An Adult. “It would make a lot of sense to me if someone doesn’t necessarily have a cognitive awareness that their family of origin experience was toxic, because there were many years where the pain or discomfort of it all was ‘their normal’.”

35. Meet the artist who creates fragile, fleeting sculptures out of nature.

36. My Woolever Friend on Instagram. “The life of our furry friend is too short. We want to create a memorial piece for pet lovers that can be kept forever. So here it is: the Woolever Friend. All our Woolever Friends are 100% handmade using natural wool material with love and attention to detail.” I love these so much.

37. Inside 11 of America’s Most Eerie and Fascinating Abandoned Locations.