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Starting in a half hour: a SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE WEBCAST for ALL PATRONS! (Patreon)

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2022-09-18 12:27:44
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Hello loves!

**Edit: the webcast is over but it was WONDERFUL. Folks from Michigan! Chicago! South Africa! A poem, crochet entertainment, some advice, and some love sent all around the room to some patrons who needed it. About 200 of you showed up and it was such a great little spontaneous hang-time. You can watch the archive at the same link:

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/sunday-morning-coffee

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING!! I really need it**

….

OP:

This is me and Gerry the Giraffe. 

The coffee is brewing.

I'm about to do a little spontaneous Sunday Morning Coffee webcast, discussion, love-sesh, and whatever else arises starting at 9am EST (New York Time). We will go til around 10/10:30am EST. 

ALL PATRONS are invited!

You can RSVP and start chatting HERE:

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/sunday-morning-coffee

(You $10+ folks, I'm about to schedule our next hang, hold tight.)

I barely slept last night, and I want to talk to you all. About everything, but especially about insomnia (I'd like your stories and ideas, so get ready to share)....

I'd also love to talk about Nick Cave's new interview (I'll read some of it aloud), and about how we're all doing.

BRING COFFEE! Though if you're in Europe you might be ready for a wine. :) 

If you think you might want to share an insomnia story, just make sure your webcam is ready and that you can keep it short; think about what you'd like to say and I'll try to do this AlAnon style and keep the shares to under 2 minutes so lots of people get a chance to chat.

Love,

A

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Lynn Robinson

Oh wow! Hoping to join you. Sending much love xx

Suzanne

I’m ready and I just wrote a little insomnia poem this week!

Kaytiebug of Katty Creations

I too barely slept last night, and this weekend in general, and would like to talk to y'all. It's been AGES since I've been free to jump on a live cast (quite literally over a year, it was when AFP was still doing webcasts with her Art if Everything podcast guests...wtaf, that's like a million years ago on Patreon time 😅😮‍💨)

Robert Williams

You’re kidding right 🤣 10:39pm here in south Oz so it’s time for bed for old people 😉 Have fun and we will catch up eventually 🥰

Len Tower Jr.

As suggested on the webcast, there is a topic on the sbox to share insomnia stories etc. "Let’s share stories, sleep aids, etc. about insomina" Link in next post (unless the algorithm deletes it. :-{{{ ) -Len

Jenna Bruner

I'm pretty sure I've missed it (PT) but may I suggest a great book. "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker. It was suggested by my doctor because I was not getting enough sleep, which is really bad for your health. Anywhooo love you! Looking forward to the next chitty chat 💜

Joanna Lindblad

Loved listening, chatting, and connecting!! Love and hugs (((<3)))

DarkStardust
>>91863171

I missed it too. Good call suggesting Matthew Walker's book. I know Amanda's read it because while I was considering buying it she started recommending it. If she didn't mention it today, hopefully people will see us talking about it here.

AnaMarija Abramovic

I hate that I only got the notification for this a minute ago 😭😭 Hope you all had a wonderful time ❤️

Clare Sanders

Sorry to miss this. I have been struggling with insomnia ever since my son was born. I still struggle with it sometimes but it is so much better now! I made a huge post on the thread about insomnia on the shadowbox with suggestions a while back. But I will leave some info here too. The thing that has helped my insomnia the most is a very intensive visualization program called DNRS. That program taught me how having a brain and nervous system which is constantly in a hypervigilant state can impact health and sleep. It also taught me a form of positive visualization/meditation where I spend five minutes at a time visualizing past and future experiences which help my brain and body feel deeply... safe. DNRS is not for everyone and some aspects of it are pretty hokey but it is honestly what has helped me the most. Aside from DNRS, I also take Trazodone at night and saw a naturopath about balancing my hormones which was a big part of it for me too. Other things which really help: getting out of bed at exactly the same time every day, sitting in the bright morning sun every morning, cold showers in the morning, warm showers before bed, listening to sleep stories on the Calm app, and no looking at screens or anything stimulating right before bed. Following the sleep rules from Cognitive Based Therapy for Insomnia can also be really helpful. Those include things like not getting into bed until you are yawning and basically already falling asleep and the 30 minute rule (getting out of bed and doing something calming in another room if you have been tossing and turning for more than 30 minutes. After thirty minutes of that calming activity then trying again in bed for thirty minutes and so on through the night). It's time for me to be up and making breakfast for my kid now. Sorry if this info is disjointed! No time to edit! Hope it helps!

Clare Sanders

Oh! Another weird thing you could try is a CES device. I've tried that too. I have one called Cervella. It doesn't seem to help me quite as much as the other things I posted above but I know it's been studied and FDA approved and does help a lot of people with insomnia.

Jessica Stevens-Taylor

Thank you so so much for the coffee morning today (my afternoon)! Not only have I suffered insomnia for as long as I can remember but I had a breakdown with my mental health at the beginning of the week. Listening to you while I was waiting for a visit from my home treatment team helped calm my anxiety. Please please do one on mental health 🙏🙏🙏❤️

Anna McCotter

It all very much hit the spot. And thank you again. I had forgotten how healing the sound of your breath is. I know it’s an odd thing to say but it’s so soothing and healing to me, like the sound of the ocean and a forest breeze had a baby. I barely remember talking to you but I can still hear your guidance echoing in me. I apologise for being such a mess, it came over me out of nowhere and 10 mins later heaven sent me you.

Jessica Stevens-Taylor
>>91859460

I have the same problem with the usual timings (in the uk they are generally middle of the night) so feeling your pain ❤️

Rhys

I've been an insomniac for most of my life and a few years ago I read this article in the guardian, and it works. Also, the more I do it, the faster it works. The biggest thing for me is remembering to do it. Sometimes I will lie in bed for an hour or two unable to sleep and then be like, fine I'll do the thing, and then I fall asleep within 15 minutes. I'm always mad when I do it, "I can't believe I'm doing this, it will never work, this is so dumb, how can this possibly work, why in the... Zzzzz". https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/15/shuffle-thoughts-sleep-oliver-burkeman

Angel Rosen

I'm sorry to have missed this. I watched most of the recap, and I'd be happy to participate in the mental health month webcasts if that's something you end up doing. I consider myself an expert ☺️

Len Tower Jr.

One old & two new topics in this webcast ----- 1) "I’m Neurodivergent and Learning What That Means For Me" 2) NEW "Let’s share stories, sleep aids, etc. about insomnia" 3) NEW "The Land of Complicated Parent Death Feels" LINKS in next comment (in case the evil Patreon algorithm deletes them. All three of these sbox topics are Patron-only. -Len

Bane

Ok so I watched this several hours late because Hawaii, and because middle of the night spontaneous webcast. I’ve been off-grid on a tiny island, population 3, living in a tent and studying seals all summer. I’ve missed this! I loved spending my Sunday morning coffee with all you gorgeous freaks - it was surprisingly relaxing to be naked in bed with Amanda and 200 friends in my studio apartment. As always, I laughed and cried. Alex, thank you so much for being here this morning - I share in the complicated dad feelings and feel your journey deeply. 😘

Robert Williams
>>91859460

I really can’t complain 😁 We we’re fortunate to have her just “across the ditch” in NZ for so long that got spoilt 🥰 Stout heart today saying your goodbye … we miss her already as well ❤️

Debra Sciranka

I can’t figure out how to log out of my Patreon account. Help please!

Laura Wellner

Drat, I missed it, I was outside painting my porch while the sun was shining and the temperatures were just right...thankfully, I finished the task for another year (the weather beats the crap out of my porch floor, the wind just scours the paint off by April.) Insomnia, yes, been on that shitty bus, it sucks. I'll watch the replay!

Mark Gerard

I loved it so much, thank you. Your amazing 😍

Len Tower Jr.
>>92086881

Amanda does both scheduled (a few days notice) & spontaneous (15-ish min notice) webcasts. Either way, they are almost always archived & can be watched afterwards. -Len

Jerry Peckery

Thanks Len, I always see them after the fact, missing the chats. I don't check the desktop email everyday. Looks like the Discord died.

Len Tower Jr.
>>92388861

Most welcome, Jerry. Amanda having an official Discord is still planned, but delayed. Best, Len

Sarah Howitt

we will never have the focus we had before we had our kids [mine's 8]. It breaks me too - I get up at 5.30am sometimes to try, just try to finish that thing, or start. Then I hear the little feet, and I know that I won't get it done, because... I love reading the bits you send, whenever you send them. Cut down, do less. We're cool x

Judee redfox
>>91889665

be careful logging out of Patron - I did some years back, and finally had to have LOTS of hep from many many many to find a way to log back in. BACKUP everything - and probably good to also index the backup