Kate Allan - You Can Do All Things Drawings, Affirmations and Mindfulness to Help With Anxiety and Depression

Copyright 2018 Kate Allan

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You Can Do All Things: Drawings, Affirmations and Mindfulness to Help with Anxiety and Depression

Library of Congress Cataloging

ISBN: (print) 978-1-63353-862-7, (ebook) 978-1-63353-863-4

Library of Congress Control Number: 2018957579

BISAC category code: SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational

Printed in the United States of Ameri ca

Anxiety, stress, and depression can put a damper on anyones day. This is why a daily mindfulness practice is a must in todays fast-paced stressful world. Kate Allans You Can Do All Things combines wisdom, humor, and beautiful, whimsical artwork that can be your daily companion when you feel anxious, inadequate, and overwhelmed. Spending a few minutes every day meditating on TheLatestKates illustrations and words of wisdom offer encouragement that you can face any challenge that crosses your path. This is a book to open and use over, and over, and over againa true testament that you are not alone.

Susyn Reeve , author of Heart Healing: The Power of Forgiveness to Heal a Broken Heart

Kate Allans artwork has always had an incredible positive message that I cant help but loveand now its in book form! As soon as I heard she was putting together a book, I couldnt wait to get my hands on it. Its full of beautiful art and encouraging messages that help me to calm my anxiety and get through even the hardest of days.

Becca Anderon , author of Think Happy to Stay Happy

I see myself in so much of Kates writingand yet, I havent been able to pinpoint and put into words these hurts before. Which to me may be the ultimate sign of an incredible book: when the author articulates something you feel so acutely in your own heart, but havent been able to clearly express or truly grasp. In fact, I had many a-ha! moments while reading this beautiful book. I especially love Kates hopeful, unique take on hopelessness, and her nuanced view of feeling unworthy in relationships. These insights can have a profound effect on our lives and on our days. Because once we understand ourselves better, we have the power to support ourselves, to find what we need, one step at a time.

Through her honest words, uplifting illustrations, and actionable suggestions, Kate also encourages us to keep trying and to keep going. She reminds us that we can indeed persevere, even when things are seemingly awful. You Can Do All Things is like a best friend: real, raw, and generous in its support. It is a book that says, I hear you, and Im here for you. It is a book that says, Yes, you are strong and capable, whether you feel it or not.

Margarita Tartakovsky , PsychCentral

Contents

When you have anxiety or depression, you can feel deeply alone. You can feel like youre the only person on the planet whos struggling with weird worries (which wont go away), who cant go grocery shopping without getting sweaty and panicked, who fears everything.

Everything.

You can feel like youre the only person on the planet who has an unrelenting, persistent kind of pain, who feels hollow, who feels like the teeniest tiniest task takes all you haveand you dont really have much.

And you hate yourself for it. For all of it. You think youre a loser and a weakling. Youre convinced of it. You think theres something inherently wrong with you. And all you yearn for is to be normal.

When we feel this way, one of the greatest gifts we can receive is knowing that theres someone out there walking a similar path, someone who understands the sorrow, the struggles, the symptoms, the hardships. Someone we can relate to, someone who shares their story, with vulnerability and without filters.

With You Can Do All Things, Kate Allan has given us such a gift. In You Can Do All Things, Kate shares her struggles with anxiety and depression, which started when she was just a child. She delves into other crushing aches, such as self-loathing and hopelessness, which sadly often accompany anxiety and depression.

I see myself in so much of Kates writingand yet, I havent been able to pinpoint and put into words these hurts before. This to me may be the ultimate sign of an incredible book: when the author articulates something you feel so acutely in your own heart, but havent been able to clearly express or truly grasp.

In fact, I had many a-ha! moments while reading this beautiful book. I especially love Kates hopeful, unique take on hopelessness, and her nuanced view of feeling unworthy in relationships. These insights can have a profound effect on our lives, on our days. Because once we understand ourselves better, we have the power to support ourselves, to find what we need, one step at a time.

Through her honest words, uplifting illustrations, and actionable suggestions, Kate also encourages us to keep trying and to keep going. She reminds us that we can indeed persevere, even when things are seemingly .

You Can Do All Things is like a best friend: real, raw, and generous in its support. It is a book that says, I hear you, and Im here for you. It is a book that says, Yes, you are strong and capable, whether you feel it or not.

You Can Do All Things is a book you pick up when you need to remember that you are indeed worthy, even and especially as youre struggling and questioning yourself, and yearning not to struggle.

Drawing and writing are a vital part of Kates coping toolkit. In addition to using her illustrations as encouragement, we can use them as inspiration to create something of our own. Because when we use our voices, we not only express whats swirling inside our hearts and souls, but we also stake our claim. We speak up for ourselves. And that is powerful. We tell ourselves: My struggles are real. They are valid. But they do not define me. I am so much more.

I am grateful to Kate for sharing her story and reminding us of this very fact. And I will keep her book close by for the days when I inevitably forget.

Margarita Tartakovsky, MS, is a writer and associate editor at PsychCentral.com, the internets largest and oldest independent mental health online resource. There, she pens pieces about everything from anxiety and ADHD to creativity and couples to self-compassion and self-care. She also regularly contributes to Spirituality & Health online. She lives in Florida with her husband, Brian, and their daughter, Lily.