{"title":"Don't Feed the Bear + Feed Your Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003eDon't Feed the Bear names twenty-six patterns and their antidotes. Feed Your Soul is the journal where you write your way through them. Read it, then write it.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"feed-your-soul","title":"Feed Your Soul","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"article\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Bear that rises to every trigger. The Elephant that doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwenty-six animals. Twenty-six choices. One page at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEvery reaction you have was learned somewhere. Some of it came from childhood. Some came from survival. Some came from a moment you never healed from. And whatever you keep feeding gets stronger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFeed Your Soul gives each of those patterns a face. The Snake that says one thing and does another. The Rat that slips out of what it promised. The Rabbit that spirals into worry. The Octopus that grips what was never its to hold. Naming a pattern as an animal does something a label never could — it puts the pattern outside of you, where you can see it, instead of inside you, where it feels like who you are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBut seeing it isn't enough. You cannot simply stop a pattern. You have to replace it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSo every animal that drains you is followed by the one that builds you, right across the page. The Snake, then the Owl. The Rat, then the Tortoise. The Rabbit, then the Dolphin. The Octopus, then the Crane. You never have to sit with a hard truth for long before you are handed something to do with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHOW IT WORKS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEach animal gets two facing pages. On the left, a few honest lines about the pattern or the strength, one prompt, and room to answer right there. Write your first honest response, not your polished one. On the right, a lined page with the animal on it, waiting for whatever you bring back once you have lived with your answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOne animal a week is plenty. Go slower if it asks you to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWHAT IS INSIDE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhy an animal for every pattern. Twenty-six writing spreads with original illustrations. A reflection on the beauty of slowing down. Three pages on who you have been, who you are, and who you are becoming — with a card you can cut out and post. The Transformation Check-In, a Final Reflection, and all twenty-six animals at a glance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWrite your truth. Write your struggle. Write your growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat you feed will grow. What you starve will die. And you always, always have a choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFrom Yolanda M. Epps, author of the Loving Me Journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo notes. The first two lines are what shows before the \"Read more\" cutoff on mobile, which is why the Bear and Elephant pair sits at the top. And I updated the Tortoise reference — the older draft I gave you said Turtle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"article\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003emy website\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"article\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFor a product page you want it shorter and broken up — people scan rather than read. Here's a web version with the pieces a page needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEverything after this line is yours to paste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFEED YOUR SOUL\u003cbr\u003eA Journal for What Builds You\u003cbr\u003e26 Animals. 26 Choices. One Page at a Time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Bear rises to every trigger. The Elephant doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEvery reaction you have was learned somewhere. Some of it came from childhood. Some came from survival. Some came from a moment you never healed from. And whatever you keep feeding gets stronger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis journal gives each of those patterns a face. The Snake that says one thing and does another. The Rat that slips out of what it promised. The Octopus that grips what was never its to hold. Naming a pattern as an animal puts it outside of you, where you can see it, instead of inside you, where it feels like who you are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBut seeing it isn't enough. You have to replace it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSo every animal that drains you is followed by the one that builds you, right across the page. The Snake, then the Owl. The Rat, then the Tortoise. The Octopus, then the Crane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHOW IT WORKS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo facing pages for every animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOn the left, a few honest lines about the pattern, one prompt, and room to answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOn the right, a lined page with the animal on it, waiting for whatever you bring back later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOne animal a week is plenty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eALSO INSIDE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe beauty of slowing down. Who you have been, who you are, who you are becoming. A cut-out card to post where you will see it. The Transformation Check-In. All twenty-six animals at a glance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWrite your truth. Write your struggle. Write your growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat you feed will grow. What you starve will die. 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Patterns learned so long ago they stopped feeling like patterns and started feeling like personality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDon't Feed the Bear names twenty-six of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThirteen are the animals that drain you. The Bear that rises to every trigger. The Snake that says one thing and does another. The Hyena that feeds on noise. The Chameleon that changes shape to keep everyone comfortable. The Rabbit that spirals. The Octopus that holds on to everything at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThirteen are the ones that replace them. The Elephant that stays steady. The Owl that sees the pattern anyway. The Swan that keeps its dignity in the noise. The Dolphin that stays clear. The Crane that lets go without dropping what matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEvery chapter moves the same way, and every one is short enough to finish in a sitting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAWARE — see the pattern without dressing it up.\u003cbr\u003eACCOUNTABLE — find your part in it.\u003cbr\u003eACTION — see it, feel it, change it.\u003cbr\u003eANTIDOTE — the animal you feed instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou do not have to read it in order, and you do not have to read it all at once. One page, one truth, one choice at a time is not a line on the cover. It is how the book is built.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBetter choices start with knowing your options. 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Each one is a quote on one page and a single page across from it that shows you the moment as it happens, then gives you what helps: the words to say and the move to make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou will recognize yourself in it. The one who won't answer the question. The one who shuts down. The one who corrects the word and misses the point. The one waiting to be chosen. The one who lets things pile up until they trip over them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFour parts walk you from the villain, to the victim, to both, to the choice to be neither. A closing set of questions asks what you have learned about yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRead it straight through or open it anywhere. 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