Writer & Speaker
Anna Patricia, Writer & Speaker.
I write about the things we don't say out loud. Burnout, healing, being a little too much and finally being okay with it.
Somewhere along the way I built a softer corner of the internet. This is where my words, my work, and my favourite finds all live.
Where to start.
Words
Personal essays on mental health, late diagnosis, and finding your way home to yourself.
Read my essays →Writing & Speaking
Personal essays, advocacy and travel writing under my own name, plus talks on mental health and burnout.
Work with me →Words
Essays & stories.
Why You Can't Rest Even When You Finally Have the Time
On burnout, depression, and the unravelling that comes before healing.
It's Not All Men. But It's Enough Men Who Stay Quiet.
A survivor on the Cornell case, who checked in, who didn't, and why it matters.
Why We Only Show Up After Someone Is Gone
On the money, the speeches, and what it would take for any of it to arrive before the crisis instead.
Stop Asking How You Can Help (Do This Instead)
“Let me know if you need anything” is the least helpful thing you can say. What to do instead when someone you love is struggling.
How Getting Diagnosed Turned My Life Upside Down
I waited a decade for the diagnosis I thought would make me whole. It did the opposite, and that turned out to be the point.
When the Body Keeps the Score: The Curriculum of Grief
When the mind lets go, so the body can heal.
The Checklist Nobody Gave Us
Written for She Matters. On the invisible expectations we inherit, and permission to set them down.
Services
Ways we can work together.
Writing
Personal essays on mental health and wellness: burnout, late diagnosis, recovery, and the quieter work of coming home to yourself. I also write about women's rights and gender-based violence, as a survivor and an advocate.
Now taking travel pitches too: wellness travel and slow trips, written with the same honesty as everything else.
Published in:
She Matters · Mental Movement Magazine · HuffPost · The McGill Daily
Brand and social content:
lululemon · She Matters
Speaking
Talks and workshops on mental health, burnout and lived experience, for schools, employers and organizations who want the real conversation, told with care.
Keynotes, panels and workshops, in person or virtual.
AMI-Québec · Healthy Minds Canada (Bell Let's Talk) · McGill University · lululemon
Selected work
Content & storytelling for brands.
TMS Life
She Matters
Dolomites
Behind it all is me, Anna. A writer and speaker before anything else.
It started on the page, using writing to slow the noise down. It grew into essays, talks, and a softer corner of the internet, but words are still where every piece begins. Read my story →
Work with me
Let's tell a story worth telling.
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