Alicia K. Anderson, Ph.D.

I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”

High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!

Artists, I want you to hear this and embrace it: you're amazing. I love you and I want you to keep making art. Don't listen to anyone who tries to tell you it isn't as important and necessary as it is.

Reframing my whole body fear as the fact that I'm getting very close to something I really want. (What I want is for people to read my book) burnout-recovery-book.com

Happy Friday Eve, MJ! Been a busy busy little bee getting ready for my book launch next month burnout-recovery-book.com

Good morning MJ! I haven't brushed my teeth yet, but had a whole zoom call already. This day is already wonky but good.

Myth and Fairy Tale Nerds Unite! | Patreon Stories, Myth Deep-Dives, How-Tos, and Rituals

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I'm having a blast putting together the lectures and concepts for the Tricksters class that starts a week from today. We're going to chase this slippery archetype and its shapeshifting forms and genders for five weeks.

It's not too late to sign up! www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/tr...

Have you ever heard of the idea of failing fast and failing often? or the one about getting to the prototype / minimum viable product stage and launching to iterate from there? Yeah, that's how I build websites. Unfortunately (for me) I need to actually do that iteration part.

Burnout Recovery: Coming March 2026 | Alicia King Anderson, Ph.D. Mythologist, Instructor, Coach, and Storyteller, Alicia King Anderson, Ph.D. offers a deeper dive into her work, her current research, and her world.

The trick is coming back to them and updating them (which I'm less good about). aliciakinganderson.com

Burnout Recovery Alicia K. Anderson's Burnout Recovery: A Neurodivergent-Friendly Guide to Healing Burnout Through Nature's Wisdom

Spooling up a microsite isn't hard for me really. I made this one about my upcoming book in a matter of days... burnout-recovery-book.com

Get Ready to Go Deeper | Alicia King Anderson, Ph.D. Depth Psychology, Mythology, combined with Burnout, Positive Psychology, Storytelling and Creativity give Alicia a range of tools to offer coaching clients.

I'm slowly revamping my website. I tend to do fast prototypes with the intention of returning to them later, and then never return. I just updated this page for the first time in over a year when it was intended to be a soft-launch placeholder page. aliciakinganderson.com/creativity-c...

Magic, Murder, and Machines: Reimagining Fairy Tales Reimagining Fairy Tales

Periodic reminder that I have a book of fairy tale retellings available. Some are dark, some are funny, some are a little gay. Retelling fairy tales is necessary subversion. bookshop.org/p/books/magi...

Myth and Fairy Tale Nerds Unite! | Patreon Stories, Myth Deep-Dives, How-Tos, and Rituals

Only one more week to get 75% off my Patreon subscriptions. If you subscribe to the $12 tier (for just $3) you can grab resource libraries, digital downloads of short stories, nerdy deep dives on various myth topics, and free classes. It's a steal. www.patreon.com/aliciakingan...

Profound Creativity Profound Creativity is where my worlds collide—writing, neurodivergent imagination, and sometimes art.

Imagine an entire summit with no video, no Zoom, and no pretending your house is clean. Just powerful writing delivered to your inbox. Your weird is welcome. Your chaos is welcome. Your brilliance is expected. Unmasked: Jan 27–30. profoundcreativity.com?aff=3 (affiliate link)

Profound Creativity Profound Creativity is where my worlds collide—writing, neurodivergent imagination, and sometimes art.

I’m speaking at a summit designed for neurodivergent creatives who are done pretending to be smaller than they are. It’s called Unmasked, and trust me — you want in. Free. Email-only. You don't have to burn yourself out to fit in. profoundcreativity.com?aff=3 (affiliate link)

Odysseus as Liar and Trickster | Myth and Fairy Tale Nerds Unite! Get more from Myth and Fairy Tale Nerds Unite! on Patreon

Is Odysseus a Trickster or a Hero? Can a character be both at the same time? (Some scholars say that's not possible)

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Me in Therapy this morning: "I need to work on feeling safe with me / my work being seen by the rest of the world."

Opens email: Message from the Library of Congress about my Name Authority Record and ensuring all my publications are tied to my name in the database.

Me: "Well, hell."

it's so funny how we are super polite and they start to totally understand it. Mine knows "excuse me, sir"

If you apologize to furniture when you bump into it, we should be friends.

If you accidentally taught your dog to shuffle his buns out of the way when you say, "excuse me," we should be friends.

We should be friends.

When I was in undergrad, I took Political Philosophy and International Law classes at the same time. Do Not Recommend. This is a highly reactive combination that imploded my dreams of working in the State Department, and to this day has ripple effects on my mental health when watching the news.

Still working on those resolutions? all of the goal-setting downloads, meditations, and PDFs that I am sharing with my Morbid Anatomy "Mythopoeic Midwinter" class are available here www.patreon.com/posts/mythop...

January 2026 Preview & 2026 Themes | Myth and Fairy Tale Nerds Unite! Get more from Myth and Fairy Tale Nerds Unite! on Patreon

Happy New Year! I'm offering a 75% discount off all paid Patreon tiers in January 2026. This post includes the code, and what all I post per tier. www.patreon.com/posts/januar...

Have you ever struggled with the feeling of being "not good enough"? Are affirmations just not cutting it? I created a resource to help with that! aliciakinganderson.com/cultivating-...

Fixed a leaking toilet & went on a hike with the dog today. Well-being located.

A cottonwood in golden leaves with mountains behind

Golden cottonwoods beside an empty arroyo

Drove to town to get allergy shots and had to stop to enjoy the cottonwoods all dressed up for fall

Joy and hope are
our most powerful
weapons.
Stubbon optimism
and snarling
creativity.
I bear a shield of contentment
thicker than wool socks.
I bear a sword of inspiration
gleaming with starlight.
I will thrust a
purring cat
into your arms
and dare you to
despair.

Grim Grimm: How Dark Fairy Tales Speak to Women’s Trauma, Taught by Alicia King Anderson, Ph.D., Begins November 5 — Morbid Anatomy Six week class taught online via Zoom Wednesdays, November 5 & 19, December 3 and 17, 2025 & January 7 and 22, 2026 (every other wednesday, skipping holidays) 7:30 - 9:00 pm ET (New York City time)…

Currently rearranging this class to include more tools to feel safe when triggered in general, and more dream interpretation. Only a week left to sign up !

Deep Dive on Bears Bears have fascinated humans for a very long time (see the 36K yo cave painting below). In many ways, they seem like they are nearly human. So nearly, that some indigenous cultures refer to them as “uncle,” “brother,” or “grandmother.”

Let's talk about bears! www.patreon.com/posts/deep-d...

Happy Myths and Legends Awareness Day! I'm filling out my classes for next year, what kinds of mythic topics would you be interested in learning more about?