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Holding Yourself
Hold Yourself Here By Jai Chand & Grayson https://youtu.be/47InqDaF-sE?si=CBX0TmU7-IQG2Ffs https://open.spotify.com/track/4rc0uH9giNLO4To...
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Jul 241 min read
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Holding Each Other
With Nothing but Everything Your love should weep for you when you lie and say you are not afraid. They should spill wine upon your robe...
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Jul 141 min read
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Need and 100% Responsibility
The Myth of Self-Sufficiency . . . Need, Support, and Intimacy Somewhere along the way, many of us internalized a lie: If you were truly...
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Jul 44 min read
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Responding vs. Reacting
There is a moment in every conflict . . . a split-second pivot point . . . where we either lean toward connection or toward protection....
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Jun 214 min read
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Intimacy and 100% Responsibility
When We Can’t Respond . . . The Disappearance of Self We can't really respond to ourselves, let alone anyone else, if we’re not fully...
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Jun 85 min read
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Being in the Body
The Emerald Podcast , hosted by Josh Schrei, is a visceral, mythic journey into the intelligence of the body and the living world. Rooted...
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May 301 min read
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Come Dance
The God who only knows four words . . . By Hafiz Every child Has known God, Not the God of names, Not the God of don’ts, Not the God who...
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May 241 min read
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The Paradox of Presence
At the heart of witnessing lies a paradox: in seeking to come closer to ourselves, we risk stepping away. In the longing to be fully...
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May 183 min read
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The Art of Witnessing
In the quiet terrain where human beings meet, beyond words and beyond the grasp of intellect, there exists the profound act of...
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May 62 min read
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Connection to Self and Other
In order to speak meaningfully about the subtle paradoxes of being in committed partnerships, clarifying what we mean when we say "we...
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Apr 282 min read
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Harbor Me
Would You Harbor Me? Sweet Honey in the Rock https://open.spotify.com/track/5E2HlBXQteeBRIdq0dB5Os?si=ed9ebf9c37a74890...
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Apr 221 min read
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On Death
by Kahlil Gibran Then Almitra spoke, saying, We would ask now of Death. And he said: You would know the secret of death. But how shall...
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Apr 121 min read
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The Unbearableâ„¢
In the Fluid Intimacyâ„¢ model, we come face-to-face with one of the most difficult truths about human connection: there are moments in...
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Apr 64 min read
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Many Dimensions of Peace
Connection, Responsibility, and Transcendence It might be best to begin by defining peace not simply as the absence of violence, but as...
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Mar 163 min read
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The Need State: Longing, Projection, and the Ache for Home
At the core of being human is need . We need air, water, food, warmth, touch, and shelter. But our needs extend far beyond survival, they...
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Mar 63 min read
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