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The Power of Here

The empowerment and freedom found in (at)tending to our surroundings — There’s a siren outside my window. Somebody’s going to emergency, somebody’s going to jail. I don’t live in New York City anymore. I haven’t in five years. I miss it sometimes, like I miss my coked-out party girl days, like I miss my exes when I’m lonely. I missed New…

Empowerment

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The Power of Here
The Power of Here
Empowerment

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You’re Not Crazy. It’s Really Not Supposed to Be Like This.

The science is clear: you are a normal human animal in a very sick society — Have you heard enough about trauma yet? Trauma is the word of the decade, apparently. Everyone’s triggering everyone’s trauma. Our bodies keep the score. Who’s winning, I wonder? We’re not. Whatever war it is we’re fighting, it seems we’re always losing it. We’re addicted, alienated, confused, disoriented, aggressive, pissed-off and…

Psychology

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You’re Not Crazy. It’s Really Not Supposed to Be Like This.
You’re Not Crazy. It’s Really Not Supposed to Be Like This.
Psychology

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May 26

On the Weirdness of Trauma

The more I study the trauma response, the more questions I have — This is a story about trauma, but more “trauma as a topic of study” than any overview of traumatic experiences. Still, if discussion of trauma is emotionally difficult for you, please only engage with this story according to your comfort level. …

Trauma

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On the Weirdness of Trauma
On the Weirdness of Trauma
Trauma

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May 24

The World Needs Your Writing

There is not “too much content.” We’re only just beginning to find our voices. — Let’s not kid ourselves here: I don’t make much money on Medium. For the past few months, I have actually been making some income here, about enough for groceries each month if I don’t shop too bougie (but I do), but compared to the time I spend writing, I’m still…

Writing

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The World Needs Your Writing
The World Needs Your Writing
Writing

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May 22

We Turn Ourselves Into Products, Then People Treat Us Like Products

Don’t forget to like and subscribe. — Hi, I’m Anna Mercury and I’m a brand. I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but Mercury is not my real surname. It’s not an homage to Freddie either. I just like the planet. When I sign onto this strange portal between the worlds and don the Mercury mask, I cease…

Personal Branding

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We Turn Ourselves Into Products, Then People Treat Us Like Products
We Turn Ourselves Into Products, Then People Treat Us Like Products
Personal Branding

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May 12

Stop Telling People “You Create Your Own Suffering”

It’s unhelpful, inaccurate, and obscures the practice of learning to suffer less — When you’re suffering, one of the most painful, invalidating things someone can say to you is, “You create your own suffering.” Not only is this wildly unhelpful when you’re hurting and in need of reprieve, but it adds insult to injury: it invalidates your experience of reality, and worse than…

Healing

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We Need to Stop Telling People “You Create Your Own Suffering”
We Need to Stop Telling People “You Create Your Own Suffering”
Healing

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May 10

How to Make Your Relationships Authentically Harmonious

A quick guide to making decisions with others by understanding your needs — There is a common misconception that we need particular things to happen in order to feel satisfied. We want certain events, outcomes or objects — at times, we believe we need them — and so, naturally, we take actions in order to make these things happen. …

Relationships

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How to Make Your Relationships Authentically Harmonious
How to Make Your Relationships Authentically Harmonious
Relationships

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May 8

Your Needs Are Only Ever States of Being

Figuring out what those needs are and meeting them in new ways can unlock a world of satisfaction — There is a common misconception that it is possible to need a specific thing. When I say thing, I mean the kind of thing your mind can easily conceptualize in images, names, and ideas. It’s only natural for the mind to imagine our needs this way, because this the only…

Habits

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Your Needs Are Only Ever States of Being
Your Needs Are Only Ever States of Being
Habits

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May 5

Our Stories Are Driving Us Off a Cliff

Why we don’t need any more heroes, or their journeys — After years of taking no notice of it, I’ve finally been bitten by the Succession bug. It was always going to happen eventually. It’s a beautiful-shot, perfectly-acted masterpiece that feels like a hollowed-out, Trump-era-dystopia take on an Aaron Sorkin show. The writing is superb, the characters are painfully realistic, and…

Stories

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Our Stories Are Driving Us Off a Cliff
Our Stories Are Driving Us Off a Cliff
Stories

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May 3

Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?

Or, how authoritarians use your fear of authoritarianism to get you to hate anti-authoritarians — What up. I’m Anna. I’m here to chew bubblegum and rant about the stupidity of American socio-political discourse and I am perfectly capable of talking while I chew. You see, I am what Jordan Peterson might call a “postmodern neo-Marxist.” That I’m an anarchist and more of a Bookchinite than…

Politics

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Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?
Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?
Politics

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