My Sweet Dumb Brain
by Katie Hawkins-GaarMy Sweet Dumb Brain
About the Substack
A newsletter about facing life's ups and downs, all while being kind to yourself.
Free Subscription Benefits
- Access to all my essays — from April 2024 to 2025, I'll be publishing 40 essays, each with a lesson I've learned before 40.
Paid Subcription Benefits
- Monthly "glimmers" posts — life updates and photos with some highlights from each month.
- Seasonal Zoom calls, where we check in on our intentions and meet other members of the Sweet Dumb Brain community.
- My Sweet Dumb Brain stickers, sent directly to you via good-old snail mail.
Paid Subscription Plans
- $45 a year
About Katie Hawkins-Gaar
I'm a writer and essayist living in Atlanta. I write My Sweet Dumb Brain, which is — you guessed it! — about my sweet, dumb brain.
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