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Don Boivin's avatar

Amazing! Congratulations, and have a great time, Kate!

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Kate Brook's avatar

Thanks Don!

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Sarah Kokernot's avatar

Enjoy your time away, Kate! Hope you find loads of inspiration.

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Kate Brook's avatar

Thank you, Sarah!

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Emily Conway's avatar

Congratulations, Kate! I hope that there are lots of wonderful (and non-anxiety, but rather joy producing) surprises that come you're way while you're in Canada. I love the way that you identify anxiety as ink, very apt!

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Kate Brook's avatar

Thank you Emily! Glad the metaphor works for you too :)

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Emily Conway's avatar

Oh yes, it does.

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Amba Gale's avatar

I love how you wrote this. And your metaphors. I'm going to try substituting "Inky" for other sensations of anxiety and the paragraph about worry not having any value. Boy! That "monkey mind" really does a job on us, doesn't it?

Anyway, big congratulations to you, big time, and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy your new location, new life, and your writing.

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Kate Brook's avatar

Thank you so much! And yes, it really does...!!

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Kim Ross's avatar

Happy writing!

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Kate Brook's avatar

Thank you!

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Lindsay Hounslow (Light)'s avatar

Congratulations Kate! I'm cheering you on from the other side of Canada.

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Kate Brook's avatar

Thank you so much!

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Raed A Salman's avatar

Nice

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Amanda Leduc's avatar

Congratulations, Kate! This sounds so wonderful and so very deserved. I hope you enjoy every bit of it.

As someone who’s going through her own (seemingly infinite) loop with anxiety and freedom and Freefalling Through The Unknown these days, this post was such a balm. Thank you. (And don’t worry: everything WILL be okay. ❤️)

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Kate Brook's avatar

Thank you! I'm glad it was a balm. So strange the way your head often knows it will be okay, but your body is like 'naaah it won't'!

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Caroline Osella's avatar

Hoping not to see you here again until the other side of the retreat. A month of pure immersion is delicious!

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Kate Brook's avatar

Right?! I can’t quite believe my luck. Thanks Caroline!

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