Archive - The Cure for Sleep with Tanya Shadrick

a decision after 8 years of collective creative practice (including these three incredibly rich ones I’ve spent curating soul stories on Substack)

Apr 21 •

December 2023

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Dec 8, 2023 •

October 2023

The Cure for Sleep: Open House

Season 3, 007: Use a room in your current house or a former home to tell us a story of your values, your habits: where you've lived, what you've lived…

Oct 25, 2023

September 2023

The Cure for Sleep: Why Do You Write &...

Season 3, 006: ...what challenges do you face when doing so? Something different for this month's prompt, & a chance to be considered for mentoring...

Sep 28, 2023

August 2023

The Cure for Sleep: Impossible Objects

Season 3, 005: Tell the story of an object in your home (or one you remember from childhood) which holds great and uncertain emotional power...

Aug 31, 2023

July 2023

The Cure for Sleep: Stay This Moment

Season 3, 004: Tell me about a time of great love or purpose in your life that you return to often in memory...

Jul 21, 2023

May 2023

The Cure for Sleep: Terrible Questions

Season 3, 003: What's the most difficult question you've ever asked - or had to answer? One where you felt your whole world depended on it...

May 25, 2023

April 2023

The Cure for Sleep: Out of Body

Season 3, 002: Share a story of boundary crossing or transcendence - a time when you felt yourself joining with someone or something beyond your self…

Apr 27, 2023

Let's all say hello to each other...

Our wonderful The Cure for Sleep creative community here on Substack is still growing fast, and many of you are now writing for the project as w…

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March 2023

The Cure for Sleep: Voices Around Us

Season 3, 001: What messages did you receive from family, community, institutions when growing up? What was praised? What punished?

Mar 30, 2023

January 2023

The Cure for Sleep: Taking Stock

Season 2, 010: In this last edition of Season Two, let's share our stories of account-keeping - those times when we need to take a frank look at who we…

Jan 25, 2023

December 2022

The Cure for Sleep: Gestures, Remembered

Season 2, 009: Share a story of a gone loved one - their particular gestures or habits; what those meant to you...

Dec 21, 2022

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