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Chapter 7: The Choice
His words were devastating, but they turned out to be a profound gift.
Dec 5
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November 2025
The Magic of Doing Less
New science about how taking things off your plate is often a hidden path to healing
Nov 28
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Kate Speer
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With Love and Wafflenugget | 6. The Unmentionables
The hard truth of our current (and very broken) mental healthcare system for people with serious mental illness
Nov 21
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Kate Speer
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Lab Notes: Decoding Your Feelings
A deep dive on the science behind emotions, feelings, and how they arise within us.
Nov 20
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Kate Speer
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With Love, and Wafflenugget | 5. Three p.m. or the Residential Ward, Forever.
A newly released chapter and how I learned that feelings and emotions are not, in fact, the same thing.
Nov 14
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Kate Speer
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Feelings aren't what you think. Or are they?
A deeper look at feelings (and thoughts, and emotions) and how they're all mixed up in our modern understanding
Nov 14
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Kate Speer
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6 Steps to Find Safety, When Things Get Tough
And how caring for yourself builds a future with deeper, collective care.
Nov 7
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Kate Speer
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October 2025
Lab Notes: Before You Can Heal, You Have to Feel Safe
The science, the stories, and why it matters.
Oct 31
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Kate Speer
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Finding Safety at 3:45 A.M. at the Price Chopper
Because when it comes to feeling safe, you gotta do, what you gotta do.
Oct 24
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Kate Speer
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With Love, and Wafflenugget | 4. Friendship or Contamination?
Kate receives an unsettling text message from an old friend, and has to make a choice.
Oct 17
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Kate Speer
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With Love, and Wafflenugget
Start here to explore my second memoir and the chapters I've written so far
Oct 17
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Kate Speer
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14 Ways to Befriend Your Nervous System
A set of gentle experiments to start connecting with your body's own alert system.
Oct 16
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Kate Speer
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