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Tina Storey's avatar

What an uplifting article. Thank you.

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Anna Kime's avatar

A lovely piece Allie. Disarmingly simple becuser you write so clearly and I particularly loved the idea of work but not hard work, this feels important to acknowledge and a way to encourage yourself to keep building a community.

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Dan Sumption's avatar

She has a Substack - https://sophiestrand.substack.com/ - but I'm not sure that's the best place to start (and most of the articles are paywalled). I actually get most out of the podcast interviews I've heard with her, in particularly this one about her specialist subject: death (in many ways a lot cheerier than it sounds) http://www.yg2d.com/thepodcast/sophie-strand

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Allie Carr's avatar

It's true! We are going to die, I'm totally at peace with the fact that this may be my last day on earth. I'll give her a listen, many thanks!

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Dan Sumption's avatar

"My duty, in my work, my vocation, is to chip away at that edifice of systemic pain and alchemise into joy whatever is in my capacity to do so" - this is wonderful, and vital. Are you familiar with the work of Sophie Strand? To some extent this puts me in mind of her.

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Allie Carr's avatar

Oh no, Sophie Strand is new to me, where I find her? And thanks for your support!

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