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Do you love me?

This is a fundamental question we all wrestle with. For those of us whose starts were challenging, “Am I loved?” can remain a central question. ...more

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February 23, 2023•1 min read

Connection: The glue in resilience

Sometimes the bounce in my bounce-back seems like it’s missing a spring. My friends are saying sort of the same thing ...more

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February 15, 2023•1 min read

Connection: the essence of love

You know, we all long to be in a relationship. Even if it is a relationship built on longing and desire we might never be able to fulfill ...more

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February 08, 2023•1 min read

Hope

There's a new meaning for HOPE. ...more

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February 01, 2023•1 min read

Winter Connections

I always feel more connected in the summer. I can put my feet in the soil, and feel the thrumming of the earth beneath them. Wintertime? Not so much. ...more

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February 01, 2023•1 min read

Resilience in the Time of Fatigue

I'm tired. Sometimes I'm so tired I wonder about getting up for a few more hours. I think I could sleep all day for at least a few days. It's fatigue, not depression, believe me! What makes me, you, u... ...more

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February 01, 2023•1 min read

We need to be more... Elastic

Resilience is about our ability to bend and return--the act of bending uses very specific "muscles" that only get used when we are challenged. ...more

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January 25, 2023•1 min read

Trauma, Hope, Resilience

Trauma. It’s a brain-bending, heart-hurting, life-sucking thing. The thing that made you think you’d die or lose your mind. Maybe get badly injured, shot, cut, crushed. ...more

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January 11, 2023•1 min read

After the Party's Over

What do you do after the party's over? In the between times, before the hustle of the New Year, a lot of folks think about resolutions or agreements they want to make with themselves. Most don't work ... ...more

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January 04, 2023•1 min read

Hope. 3

To a gardener, there is nothing more hopeful than the unexpected seedling that might be a bearing plant. ...more

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December 29, 2022•1 min read

The Cosmic Hopeholder Championship

As much as I communicate about trauma and its impact, I also feel a strong pull to start talking about **hope**. ...more

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December 22, 2022•1 min read

Hold On, Press Eagerly

Yeah, OK, it's a sappy acronym for HOPE. HOPE is something that is in short supply in a lot of places. ...more

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December 15, 2022•1 min read

Hope matters

It's hard to maintain hope in the face of COVID, natural disasters, economic injury, and the long-term grinding pressure we felt _before_ these happened. ...more

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December 08, 2022•1 min read

A funny form of gratitude.

Here in the USA, we're pretty attached to our right to be victims. I get it-- bragging rights about how victimized they are, and who the "perp" was. ...more

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December 01, 2022•1 min read

Celebrating thankfulness. It's almost never... simple.

I've never cared much for the holiday called Thanksgiving since I learned that in addition to its roots in the ancient harvest cycle feasts, it also has a risk of celebrating the massacre of over 700 ... ...more

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November 24, 2022•1 min read