Alicia K. Anderson, Ph.D.
Coach, Storyteller, and Instructor. Ph. D. in Mythological Studies and Depth psychology. Expert in a lot of niche subjects. Autistic. Chronically ill. Living my best life in New Mexico
- Only 3 more days left to sign up for 75% off my Patreon channel. Exclusive videos, about twenty free short stories, nerdy academic deep dives, resource libraries to lead you down your own nerdy paths, plus downloadable free classes. Don't miss this sale! www.patreon.com/aliciakingan...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- The trick is coming back to them and updating them (which I'm less good about). aliciakinganderson.com
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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)
- 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)
- Is Odysseus a Trickster or a Hero? Can a character be both at the same time? (Some scholars say that's not possible) Free Post: www.patreon.com/posts/odysse...
- 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."
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 !
- 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?
- Vacation was fun
- Spotting dragons everywhere these days
- As I revise and edit the manuscript on Unicorns, I'm playing with my class exploring the archetype, as well. Price drop available now via my Patreon. (Or subscribe as a $12 member and get access for 78% off...) www.patreon.com/posts/unicor...
- It's National Read an Ebook day! A perfect day to pre-order my new novella ebook a.co/d/1Y9VEpm (delivered to your device on 9/26!)
- Speaking of which I have a Dragon class starting later this month www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/dr...
- Teaching classes and writing books on dragons and unicorns is my happy place www.patreon.com/posts/unicor...
- Today I'm thinking about Dragons and Unicorns, and honestly this is where my headspace belongs these days. www.patreon.com/posts/dragon...
- Teaching classes and writing books on dragons and unicorns is my happy place www.patreon.com/posts/unicor...
- Reposted by Alicia K. Anderson, Ph.D.The places where you actually NEED grace are filthy and bloody and despairing. Grace is the last cigarette shared in the gutter, the hand of the dying being held by the stranger, the kindness done by the broken.
- Reposted by Alicia K. Anderson, Ph.D."Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
- Just packed up all the books for my first Storygraph giveaway. I hope they like them and review them!!
- Feeling starved for beauty so when errands called me to Santa Fe, I decided to see some art! I also got grocery store flowers, because beauty.
- Last Chance to sign up for my writing workshop, "How to Write Fairy Tale Retellings" - only a few spots remain www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/ho...
- This is not a hot take. "Quiet quitting" was just the boundary-setting portion of burnout, and "quiet cracking" is actual factual burnout. Late Stage Capitalism sure doesn't want us to realize we're burned out... let's just make up more stupid names for it.
- When I started grad school, my then-husband tried to tell one of his coworkers the field that I was studying for my Ph.D. She tried to wrap her mind around it and asked. “What, like fairies ‘n’ shit?” Yes, exactly. www.patreon.com/posts/like-f...
- If you enjoy writing and reading "twisted" or "fractured" fairy tales, then this workshop is for you. Join us for "How To Write Fairy Tale Retellings" www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/ho...
- Reposted by Alicia K. Anderson, Ph.D.Needed this reminder today.
- Reposted by Alicia K. Anderson, Ph.D.in anticipation of the likely banning of the trns flg—the way things are going—i have made a prototype of a functional performative object meant to trouble & expand the work done by such gestural tools. the picture is hard to decipher; text is in alt. the next version will be more durable.
- Last chance to sign up for "Beyond the Veil" starting tomorrow! There are only a few spots left! www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/be...
