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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210415081259/https://folks.pillpack.com/category/disability/" rel="tag">Disability</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210415081259/https://folks.pillpack.com/category/mental-health/" rel="tag">Mental Health</a> </span><h3 class="slide-entry-title entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210415081259/https://folks.pillpack.com/dollhouse-artisans-refurbish-their-health-one-tiny-object-at-a-time/" title="Dollhouse Artisans Refurbish Their Health, One Tiny Object At A Time">Dollhouse Artisans Refurbish Their Health, One Tiny Object At A Time</a></h3><span class="av-vertical-delimiter"></span><div class="slide-meta"><time class="slide-meta-folks-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210415081259/https://folks.pillpack.com/author/susann-cokal/">Susann Cokal</a></time></div></header><div class="folks-topic-block-divider"></div><div class="folks-topic-block-excerpt slide-entry-excerpt entry-content" itemprop="text">For both artisans and consumers grappling with chronic illness and mental health issues, the world of miniatures has become a healing refuge.</div><div class="folks-topic-block-readmore"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210415081259/https://folks.pillpack.com/dollhouse-artisans-refurbish-their-health-one-tiny-object-at-a-time/">Read More →</a></div></div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer><span class="hidden"> <span class="av-structured-data" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" itemprop="image"> <span itemprop="url">https://folks.pillpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AdobeStock_242043435-scaled.jpeg</span> <span itemprop="height">1707</span> <span itemprop="width">2560</span> </span><span class="av-structured-data" itemprop="publisher" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization" itemscope="itemscope"> <span itemprop="name">Susann Cokal</span> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <span 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itemprop="text">After learning to live with her psoriatic arthritis, television personality and entrepreneur Nitika Chopra has one simple message about chronic illness.</div><div class="folks-topic-block-readmore"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210415081259/https://folks.pillpack.com/what-you-think-is-your-greatest-weakness-is-really-your-superpower/">Read More →</a></div></div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer><span class="hidden"> <span class="av-structured-data" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" itemprop="image"> <span itemprop="url">https://folks.pillpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NitikaChopra4-scaled.jpg</span> <span itemprop="height">1704</span> <span itemprop="width">2560</span> </span><span class="av-structured-data" itemprop="publisher" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization" itemscope="itemscope"> <span itemprop="name">Anika Nayak</span> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <span 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