TheAntiHeroine | Allison Riney

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Healing After Trauma: Self-care as a Coping Mechanism
After the shooting, daily routines and self-care regimens equipped me to battle PTSD, heal old wounds and rebuild my life.
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BOOK LAUNCH | Beyond Stories 2 Lands: 20+ Horror, Sci-fi & Thrillers to Haunt
Substack's best horror, sci-fi & thriller writers launch a sequel anthology: Beyond Stories 2. Step into the dark. Enter the carnival of shadows. Go…
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Allison Riney
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Kathy Enriquez-Nguyen
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Brie-Anna Willey
Lessons from a Mass Shooting
9 years ago today, I survived a mass shooting in Dallas - but 5 police officers did not. What I've learned about faith, hope and God - even in despair.
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Where I Find God Now: On Resilience, Faith and the Women Who Guide Me
How Saint Hildegard, Mary Madgalene and Maya Angelou help me reclaim faith and find strength in spiritual resilience - especially during hard times.
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Resiliency Training 101 | 15 Basic but Hard-Learned Truths
15 things I’ve learned about resiliency from lived experience, years of reflection and helping others survive the unthinkable.
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WAR | Day 1: How to Escape When Russia Invades Ukraine | Heroine O
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STOP COUNTING, WRITE BETTER: 8 Ways to Stop Playing the Numbers Game (plus 2 to help you bounce back tomorrow)
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Valentine's Day Gift Guide: Substack's Leading Men on Gifting Self-care for HIM
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Resiliency Training 101 | 15 Basic but Hard-Learned Truths
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An Introvert's Social Survival Kit: 12 Ways to Maintain Grace & Manage Stress
An introvert's guide to managing and surviving social events: 12 methods to manage parties with poise, dignity and grace.
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Angel in the Airport: Centenarian Spreads True Spirit of Holidays
How a 105-year-old angel inspires hope, embodies kindness and spreads love in the least like place during the holiday travel rush: the Philadelphia…
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Go To Hell, PTSD: Celebrating to Help TheAntiHeroine Reclaim Halloween
Support my quest to conquer PTSD by celebrating Halloween extra hard this year. 20 years ago, a man or demon, stole far too much. Let's take it back.
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5 Easy, Quick and Cheap Coping Mechanisms to Manage Stress
Mental Health should be accessible to all. Discover 5 cheap, easy and quick strategies to better manage and cope with family stress - especially during…
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Getting by with a Little Help from My Substack Friends
A gratitude journal isn't big enough to express my appreciation for so many Substack writers and friends. Introducing an exciting new series, featuring…
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Be Ready: Political Violence, PTSD Season and the Privilege of Looking Away
It’s PTSD season again. I’m revisiting the mass shooting I survived as the political violence accelerates around us. This essay is part reckoning, part…
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Gifting Joy, Growing Grace: My Spring Reset in a Bag
Because sometimes the best way to say “I love you” is with wildflower seeds, eye masks and a really good Target journal.
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah: The Pope’s Death
If it were your last day on Earth... do as Pope Francis did. A Catholic's non-denominational perspective.
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Celebs in Space: False Idolatry Rockets to Intergalactic Heights for Holy Week
Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sanchez & Girl Squad Break Records with all Female Holy Week Space Mission. Happy Holy Week.
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Coping Mechanisms & Stress Management | A Substack Toolkit
The world lacks coping mechanisms but Substack writers have some of the best. A new curated collection on coping, PTSD and stress management.
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Rated & Ranked | Weekend Self-care: 8 Winners and Losers of February 2025
Check out the best self-care tips and products  - with special feminine touches to celebrate International Women's Day and Women's History Month.
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THE FAMILY WE KEEP
THE FAMILY WE KEEP
Deborah T. Hewitt
Business for Nerds
Business for Nerds
Brie-Anna Willey
The KATacombs
The KATacombs
Kathy Enriquez-Nguyen
Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Alexander Semenyuk
Ignite With Hege
Ignite With Hege
Hege Kristoffersen
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An American Mass Shooting: The Bloody Freaking Details
Previously on TheAntiHeroine, I survived a bloody mass shooting when Micah Xavier Johnson murdered five police officers. This is how a mass shooting…
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6. Surviving an American Mass Shooting: Trauma Descends in the Aftermath
In the hours after escaping a mass shooting, initial trauma envelops me as I struggle to help first responders and detectives.
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5. Surviving an American Mass Shooting: Fight, Flight or Freeze
After evacuating the foxhole, the door slammed shut, leaving me alone with my thoughts while preparing for one final run to freedom.
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4. Surviving an American Mass Shooting: Stairwell to Purgatory
Fleeing a mass shooting, Athena and I escape into a parking garage's stairwell, only to find women and innocent children awaiting rescue.
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3. Surviving an American Mass Shooting: Dodging Bullets and Death
After a Black Lives Matter protest, a mass shooting breaks out. As bullets fly and death abounds, our heroine, Athena arises.
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