The Cost of Functioning

The Cost of Functioning

When You’re Too Numb to Cry

The e-book for when you’re functioning fine and feeling almost nothing.

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Lauren Tobey
Oct 28, 2026
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When You're Too Numb to Cry: a 44-page e-book for paid members, printable PDF.

Here’s your copy of When You’re Too Numb to Cry, the new e-book for paid members.

It’s for the days when you’re getting everything done and feeling almost nothing. It walks through what the Ashes look like from the inside, what functioning this way costs your mind and your body, why the usual self-care tools stall, and what actually helps at the stage you’re in.

You won’t find a breathing exercise in it. Start with the introduction, then find a few minutes in your car and say the sentence out loud. That counts.

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