Anxiety

Episode 2.2: The Tortured Artist Stereotype

This week Merideth discusses the harmful “tortured artist” stereotype that plagues artists everywhere. Must we be sad, depressive, melancholy individuals in order to make great art? Spoiler alert—nope :)

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Episode 40: Worry

After the popularity of the anxiety episode, a follow up—this time anxiety’s legitimate, responsible, older cousin: worry. How are worry and anxiety different? What does the science say about worrying? Can it be helpful/useful? Merideth will share the results of a recent social media poll about artists’ worries, plus some things that are helping her cope with it lately.

Frederick Buechner’s book “Beyond Words”

Controlled Burning Makes Forests Healthy

“The Upside of Worrying,” Kate Sweeney