How To Be Sick

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A Special Kind of Tired
A little magic inside some big burnout
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Tessa Permar
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Sick Love Story: Ch. 2
First Date, September
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Tessa Permar
A (true) Sick Love Story
Chapter 1
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Tessa Permar
11 Minutes to Get Somewhere Else
An exercise for when you don't know what you need
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Tessa Permar
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Sick Stretches
Some simple stretches for when you are sick and recovering
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Tessa Permar
Confessions of a Sick Art Model
Why I love being an art model even though it hurts
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Tessa Permar
Pity Party
Sort of like a tea party.
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An Ecstatic End of Summer
Hurricane Season, Abba, and a trick for migraines
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Tessa Permar
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Can I Show You my Bug Collection?
An introduction to my microbes
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Tessa Permar
Meditations for Nausea
Feeling nauseous - one of the most uncomfortable and universal experiences in all the animal kingdom. I’ll talk about it more below. But in case you are…
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Tessa Permar
How to be sick...
We have so much information about how to "be well." I wanted to share the ways I strive, as a person with chronic Lyme Disease, to live a life that is…
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How To Be Sick
How To Be Sick
We know so much about how to be well. Choreographer, writer, and Lyme Disease advocate Tessa Permar discusses how to be sick - with dignity, hope, and a hearty fire in the belly.
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