I used to care about a lot of things. More than I want to admit. Opinions of strangers, judgments from people I barely knew, the little social niceties that slowly felt like chains. I thought being ...

For a long time, I believed well-being would arrive all at once—after things “settled,” after life became quieter, after the past stopped knocking. But life doesn’t work like that. For many of us, ...

Bullies want you to recognize how powerful they are. Caring people want you to see how powerful you truly are. Many bullies have an “empathy deficient disorder “ (they are not capable of real empathy) ...

View this post on Instagram disability is a dirty word implying that those who bask in the generosity of normalcy are somehow superior meanwhile ca ...

There is a subtle but pervasive distortion happening within the language of healing. It does not announce itself loudly, nor does it come dressed in obvious cruelty. It arrives instead in the form of ...

We can use birthdays not only to celebrate the people we love, but also, maybe, to celebrate ourselves. A looming birthday can give us an opportunity to pause and consider what time has taught us, and ...

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Why I’m finally going MAGA. ~ Waylon, founder of Elephant. Jesus says it’s high-time I’ll go where I’m wanted: the conservative movement. As I’ve written, lately, or hinted at—well if you can’t beat ...

I was still single in my 40s and my friends couldn’t understand why. “You’re so amazing! You’re interested in so many things, have such cool hobbies.” “You’re so capable, from putting up IKEA ...

I spent years in the high-stakes gold markets, watching people lose fortunes because they were afraid of the unknown. But the greatest loss I witnessed wasn’t financial. It was the slow erosion of the ...

What can I do to make my relationship happier? This is a question we often ask ourselves. Even the happiest couples constantly strive for better relationships. We think of all the habits we can ...

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