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My soul longs for connection & my body longs for isolation
The beauty and frustration of being autistic -- Being autistic is wild. Dr. Kristin Neff said it beautifully in a recent podcast episode: “My soul longs…
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This is autism
In honor of autism acceptance month -- Apparently April is autism awareness month. It feels weird to write a post about this. There was nothing about…
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The terrible beautiful middle
New neighbors, down payments + grandfathers -- Sometimes I start one of these pieces and I have a general sense of where it will land. But this one? Not…
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Do you want to be heard, helped, or hugged?
The power of bearing witness -- A new friend shared this question that her dad started asking her lately. “Do you want to be heard, helped, or hugged…
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Renewing or releasing the relationship?
Let's build some bridges -- Once upon a time two brothers shared adjoining farms. For over 40 years they worked side by side, sharing equipment and…
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Forgiveness is a choice
$3.48 billion dollars worth -- Let’s talk money, love, Richard Nixon, and forgiveness. Super random, I know. Much of Jesus’ teaching in the Bible has to…
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Naming the hurt
I can’t let go of what I refuse to name out loud -- There’s a scar right below my left ring finger. Some 5th grade punk in my 4/5th split class dripped…
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Telling the story
Choosing to harm or choosing to heal -- There is an untruth that runs through most of our lives. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it. It’s called…
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Let's talk forgiveness
Becoming our own liberators -- Desmond Tutu and his daughter, Mpho Tutu, wrote “The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our…
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What do I need to hold loosely so I can become a student again?
It’s exhausting to manipulate what would rather flow. -- You know I love a great question. Here’s one to invite in for a little walkabout. A little…
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Unbothered
Today, you get a little mix of everything! A new short poem, a few posts from the Thread archive, and a course designed to journey deep into some new…
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They believed her
504 meetings, our inner kid + setting ourselves free -- A year ago, I walked out of a meeting at my daughter’s school with tears streaming down my…
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Untangling the stories that make us who we are so we can show up to our lives with spacious presence, brave honesty, radical love & wild curiosity.
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