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Required Reading for the Whole Cancer Thing: An Insider's Tale Plus 101 Must Have Survival Tips

Required Reading for the Whole Cancer Thing: An Insider's Tale Plus 101 Must Have Survival Tips

Cancer? What’s it really like? Gain understanding through the author’s wit and wisdom navigating disasters and triumphs with plenty of humor.

2015

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Gender Skirmishes: I Was a Third Grade Fashion Rebel

Playground assaults and the mutual respect that followed

4 min readApr 11, 2024

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Danish Modern Therapy: Two Friends Join Forces to Change Chair’s Future

A feel-good, second chance story we can sit with

8 min readJun 22, 2023

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Better Humans

This Will Help You Understand The Pride-To-Terror Toggle

Remember, there are plenty of us LGBTQ+ people who still struggle to feel ecstatic and brimming with pride

7 min readJun 22, 2023

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My Dog’s New Online Course: Social Media Potty Training

Reviving the idea that pooping and peeing “in the house” is bad

6 min readJun 20, 2023

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The DIY Diaries

Ode to Handy Women of 2022 and Beyond

A poem of celebration for the DIY warriors

2 min readDec 31, 2022

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Ode to Handy Women of 2022 and Beyond

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Hey Metaverse, Can I Live Inside the Sundance Catalog?

The great outdoors of social technology has so much to offer

3 min readDec 11, 2022

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Hey Metaverse, Can I Live Inside the Sundance Catalog?

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5 Life Lessons Learned While You’re Waiting for Gravy (Recipe Included)

It’s so much more than just a camouflage for the good, bad and the crunchy

4 min readNov 24, 2022

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Coachella: You May Find Yourself, But You’ll Probably Lose Your Shoes

Exploring life one sweaty music festival at a time

3 min readApr 15, 2022

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Is Toxic Positivity to Blame for Will Smith’s Slap Heard Round the World?

A counselor’s thoughts about what oversharing, overwhelm and pretending to be happy can create on stage

3 min readMar 30, 2022

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Dude-Con is Back: Your Balls Are Officially Off The Shelf and Celebrating

2022 is all about your “reboot-the-dude”

5 min readDec 5, 2021

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Anne Kruse, M.S.

Anne Kruse, M.S.

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Writer, Career Psychology, Conveyor of humor, insightful absurdities, and some stuff we really should talk about. annekrusethewriter.com.

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