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Julie Kinn
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How to "Grey Rock" to Diffuse Conflict (and an easy chili recipe)
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday to cook for, even though I have a household of vegetarians*. Because we’re captive audiences at this...


Julie Kinn
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Combatting Sleep Anxiety
Sleep anxiety is when you are worried about not getting enough sleep and worried about all the consequences of being tired. It’s tricky...

Julie Kinn
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The Self-Help Book I Recommend More than Any Other
Have you ever held a knife and thought, “What if I stabbed myself right now?” Most people have these sudden thoughts, but the thought...


Julie Kinn
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Why I Provide Free Body Doubling
Bottom line up front: Pure selfishness. If you glance through my social media posts, you may get the impression that I’m a do-gooder....


Julie Kinn
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How I Cope with a Critical Edit
I’ve done a lot of writing. Some was good. Some was vomitous. Most was in-between.
All of it benefitted from critique.


Julie Kinn
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You are not in danger. Plus free cross stitch patterns!
You, too, can have weird art! When I hear a quote or saying I love (e.g., Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. --...


Julie Kinn
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Quick Mindfulness Practice: The Five Senses Activity
Despite creating the Military Meditation Coach podcast a few years ago, I don’t have a long history with meditation and mindfulness....

Julie Kinn
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Dealing with the project you hate part III: Bribery and punishment
This week’s post is the last installment of Dealing with the Project you Hate. In prior weeks I blogged about owning your hate and coping...


Julie Kinn
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Dealing with the project you hate part II: Tools to achieve mediocrity
My last post focused on recognizing and understanding the dynamic between you and work you have come to hate. Today’s post is about...


Julie Kinn
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Dealing with the project you hate part I: Understanding avoidance
When I was suffering through my dissertation, I went through a series of delusions about other potential careers. These included high...


Julie Kinn
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Should I stay friends with my ex?
Breaking up is so painful (and probably the reason why so many songs are about break- ups). It’s the kind of loss that we often gloss...


Julie Kinn
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Why you might have trouble speaking up
This is a post for all of you who have trouble expressing yourself. As the youngest child of a loud family, I have the opposite problem,...
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