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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 America
“Anxiety, stress, and depression can put a damper on anyone’s day. This is why a daily mindfulness practice is a must in today’s fast-paced stressful world. Kate Allan’s 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 TheLatestKate’s 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 again―a true testament that you are not alone.”
―Susyn Reeve, author of Heart Healing: The Power of Forgiveness to Heal a Broken Heart
“Kate Allan’s artwork has always had an incredible positive message that I can’t help but love―and now it’s in book form! As soon as I heard she was putting together a book, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. It’s 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 Kate’s writing―and yet, I haven’t 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 haven’t been able to clearly express or truly grasp. In fact, I had many a-ha! moments while reading this beautiful book. I especially love Kate’s 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 ‘I’m 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
Chapter 1: I'm Feeling Anxious
Chapter 2: I'm Feeling Inadequate
Chapter 3: I'm Feeling Down on Myself
Chapter 4: I'm Feeling Overwhelmed
Chapter 5: I'm Feeling Hopeless
Chapter 6: I'm Feeling Absolutely Awful
When you have anxiety or depression, you can feel deeply alone. You can feel like you’re the only person on the planet who’s struggling with weird worries (which won’t go away), who can’t go grocery shopping without getting sweaty and panicked, who fears everything.
Everything.
You can feel like you’re 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 have—and you don’t really have much.
And you hate yourself for it. For all of it. You think you’re a loser and a weakling. You’re convinced of it. You think there’s 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 there’s 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 Kate’s writing—and yet, I haven’t 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 haven’t been able to clearly express or truly grasp.