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My Heroes Don’t Wear Capes
(or “Meet My Friend, Jordan”) There’s a trend I’m seeing and I couldn’t be more proud of my fellow human beings. In the midst of lawsuit crazes, parents killing their kids, horrible things like rape...
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Experiencing Life
This is the most difficult thing I’ve ever written. It’s painful, sad, unpleasant, lonely, scary, relieving, necessary, and something no one should have to suffer through quietly or alone — but we do,...
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I Want A Ring That Tarnishes
I want a ring that tarnishes. If I’m going to wear a symbol, if it’s supposed to represent a relationship, or our commitment to it, I want a ring that tarnishes. Every time I renew and refresh my...
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Traditions & Choices
Tweet First and foremost, I hope that you and yours have a marvelous celebration this season and that you start the year off feeling loved! My views tend to not be extreme in any direction. Unusual?...
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Fear: Bears vs. Skydiving (or Offices, or Love)
Tweet Fear and I Have an Interesting Relationship. Even as a child, if something scared me, I’d take a moment and determine whether that fear was warranted (e.g., approaching two bear cubs while...
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Speaking of Love…
What do I know of love? Hard to say. I can tell you all about how I experience love, but I can’t tell you much about receiving it. Yes, I have loved, but have I truly been loved in return? I cannot...
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A Raging Fire
F**k It If your year has been anything like mine, you’ve buried more people than you thought was possible in a 12-month period, most of which were surprises, all of whom were significant. You’ve seen...
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Conscientiousness Is Holding Us Back
Conscientiousness is holding us back… and it should. We’re f**king adults. Have you ever tried to explain to a bully why bullying isn’t ok, only to have them point out that they don’t see the problem?...
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Trust, Friendship, Love, and Epiphanies
I had an epiphany a few months ago, but in order to give it context, I need to tell you a story. It’s a story that few people know — not because it’s a secret, it simply doesn’t come up in...
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Actions ≥ Words
I’ve learned a lot about people, behavior, and the ways we make decisions over the years. I’m definitely still learning, but once in a while, I find it helpful to stop and share some of these things...
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12 Things I’ve Learned as I Get Older
I’ve always learned a lot from listening to my elders, so I figured that for my birthday, I’d like to pass along a little cheat-sheet of things I hope you can learn from me (elder or not). 1....
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Egalitarian Crusaders, Allies of the Highest Order, and Predators
After centuries of silence — or in many cases, speaking out, but not being heard — we’re in the middle of a cultural norm pendulum swing that is necessary, ugly, painful, detrimental, and probably the...
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2018 – A Retrospective
Getting My Mind Right When I first started thinking about 2018, my body, spirit, and mood just sank a bit. It’s been a very difficult year on a number of fronts. Losses were mourned, losses are still...
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