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Author, Wellness and Travel Writer, Book Editor

Megan has worked as a wellness writer for over a decade, with a particular focus on ancestral health and unearthing mysterious food and wellness traditions around the world. Her pieces have appeared in Paleo Magazine, The Huffington Post, Mind Body Green, and more. She is the author of The Alice Effect and is a featured poet in the print poetry anthology Solace: Nature-Woven Words. Due to her passion for reading and ushering in new voices into the world, she also works as a book editor at MindStir Media, one of the fastest-growing self-publishing companies in the nation.

Wellness + Travel Writing + Book Editing

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Get in touch for writing services, speaking engagements, book editing, ghostwriting, and/or interviews at: meganpatiry@gmail.com

Published Work

The Paleo Diet® •

Free Play: The Essential Ingredient

So what can you do to offset the drawbacks of a busy schedule? Free play might be the answer. Here’s what it is, and how to incorporate it into your life.

Turns out that there are some pretty big risks involved when we start over-scheduling. Stress, diminished creativity, depression, and burnout are just the tip of the iceberg when we have too much going on.

We live in a world of schedules and structure. But what if we took the time to let go of our rigorous plan for the day, and just play?

R
Kelp Journal •

Published Poetry: Kelp Journal Inaugural Issue

There are fragments here

It is time now

to dig yourself up

going anywhere in the night


You can book a ticket to London

It will take you there under the sea


You can cop an accent


But, more important than any of these things


You can book a ticket to New


They don’t ask for a photo

Where you’ve been is no longer as important

as where you’re going

THE ART YOU USED TO BE


My love is this art


My wolf watches from the window

I let her in at night


These colors do no
MindStir Media bestselling author J.J. Hebert •

Afraid To Put Your Work “Out There”? Here’s How To Develop Courage As A Writer

When we first imagined putting pen to paper, the scene was likely idyllic: ourselves, cozied up by a warm fireplace, or perhaps on a balcony with the distant sound of waves hitting the shore, complimented by a relieved smile on our faces as we excitedly begin our first draft.

Certainly, we didn’t imagine the truth, which features our teeth virtually chattering with a cold terror that seizes us each time we stare into the abyss of our (still) blank page.

If you’re a new writer, you’re likely wo
The Paleo Diet® •

Are Nightshades Paleo? And How to Tell If You Have a Sensitivity

What do these seemingly random veggies have in common? (Don’t worry, we’re not going to be putting all of these on the strict “do not eat” list like some other foods.) However, we are going to mention that these foods have a very important thing in common: they’re all nightshade vegetables. It means that these veggies contain specific compounds that can cause irritation in your gut, as well as cause or exacerbate autoimmune issues, if you have them. Let’s break down whether you should be consumi
Cuenca Cigars, Inc •

Rare Cigars: Casa 1910 Revolutionary

In 2010, a half-finished stogie sold at auction for $6,000.

No, we're not pulling your leg.

This half-finished cigar was previously enjoyed by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill before he had to urgently attend a wartime Cabinet meeting.

In a rush, he left half of a cigar behind to be (unknowingly) collected and sold decades later.

This situation is just one example of a rare cigar and how valuable it can become.

However, there are many types of rare cigars on the market today.
Green Helix •

Too Tired To Fight Or Flight? How Stress Affects Our Nervous System

Stress is a common denominator for most of us. Whether we’re late to work, experiencing financial issues, dealing with family stress or health problems, it can sometimes seem as if we’re never truly stress-free, and can almost start to seem normal.

In reality, chronic stress is anything but normal and can cause quite a few problems if it goes on for too long. Here we break down what makes stress so detrimental, and how you can finally start to manage it.

Typically when we hear anything related
HuffPost •

Which Memory Can I Erase for You Today?

In 2004, Joel Barish decided to have the memory of his ex-girlfriend, Clementine Kruczynski, erased. He was confused, devastated and enraged when he'd gone in for the procedure, having discovered days before that Clementine had already erased him. He'd felt removing her in return wasn't the ideal form of revenge, but it was all he had. However, after Joel underwent the procedure and his memories started to disappear, he began to re-experience the positive memories of Clementine that were buried

Press: Nashville Voyager

"I found this quote by Neville Goddard long after those early years of struggle, but I think of those times when I read it today. He states that 'Faith is loyalty to the unseen reality.'

We may not have the reality we desire in our hands at this very moment, but if we can feel it and see it in our mind and in the deepest recesses of our heart, we must sail toward it, despite the insecurity of the waves … in full knowing that we’ll reach our shore eventually."

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