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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Book Review: The Gift of Fear

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A blog about the intersection of motherhood, mental health, religion, neurobiology, addiction, psychology, and various other random topics from the vantage point of a 40 year old, married, stay-at-home mother of two (6 and 3 years) who left the working world the day she went into labor and found herself dealing with the sudden isolation of being at home, post-partum depression, anxiety, the general panic of first-time parenthood.

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Blogs I Am Following:

Depressed (but not unhappy) Mormon Mommy

Heart Monsters: Easiest Valentine's Day Craft EVER
13 years ago
Depression On My Mind

What we’re missing in treating addiction
10 years ago
Momastery

UNTAMED TOUR ON SALE TODAY!
6 years ago
Ms Magazine Blog

We Must Hold the Line
1 day ago
NPR Topics: Health

Why nearly every farmer who grows these chile peppers is a woman
16 hours ago
Our Life: Narrated by Lacey

ehhhhhhh, Mardi Gras!
15 years ago
Quiet: The Power of Introverts

Do Introverts and Extroverts See Reality Differently?
14 years ago
The Boy That Found Joy

He's 2 1/2
14 years ago
The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR

Diane's farewell message
11 months ago
The Journey to Finding Joy

Oh how I haven't missed you
13 years ago
When Mothers Cry: Showing Love to New Mothers, Good Mothers, Bad Mothers, & Hopeful Mothers

What to Do If Your Child Reports a Weapon at School: School Safety Concerns, Rumors, and Threats
1 month ago

Julie's Nightstand Reads

Marianne Brandon. Monogamy: The Untold Story (Sex, Love, and Psychology)
Jack London. White Fang
Piers Anthony. Incarnations of Immortality series: On A Pale Horse, Bearing An Hourglass, With A Tangled Skein, Wielding A Red Sword, Being a Green Mother
Escape From Camp 14
Stephanie Meyer. The Host
Stephanie Meyer. The Very Short Afterlife of Bree Tanner
Stephanie Meyer. The Twilight Series: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn
Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games Trilogy: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay
The Female Brain
Sequencing
Steve Jobs
Margaret Atwood.The Year of the Flood
This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression

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Julia K Burzon: Julia K. Burzon is an artist of traditional and digital media. Her formal education includes BS in Entomology/Wildlife Conservation, with a minor in Photography, and a MS in Wildlife Biology.

Julia’s professional art career began with illustration in the 1990s. Published work from that time can be found in various Iowa State University Wildlife Extension publications, as well as scientific illustrations in peer-reviewed physics papers, After a significant hiatus, during which she worked in Wildlife Conservation and Management, owned/operated a small business, and bore and helped raise two children, Julia has now returned to art thanks to art therapy and the encouragement of others. Online stores at both Etsy and on Ko-fi.com offer art available for purchase or commission.

You can keep up with Julia and her projects on her FanFARE Themed Art FaceBook and Instagram feeds as she continues to explore her thoughts, feelings, and experiences through art.

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