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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…
Apr 18
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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…
Apr 11
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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…
Apr 4
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March 2024
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…
Mar 7
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February 2024
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…
Feb 29
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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…
Feb 22
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What's your next question?
The life-changing power of sitting with a question -- I used to think life was about finding the answers to my unanswered questions. If I slowly…
Feb 15
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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…
Feb 8
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One thing you should know about the autistic experience
Seeing ourselves in the stories of others -- Sometimes I sit at my computer thinking about how to describe autism from the inside out. I’ve bumped…
Feb 1
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January 2024
It shouldn't be this way
A thought on fighting reality -- Yesterday I sat under beautiful trees and a 63 degree sunny day in Ojai, California, with thirteen new friends. In…
Jan 25
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We circle the truth until we can see it
Becoming the person who can see the new thing -- There are things about you that are simply…true. And you haven’t seen them yet. Wild, huh?I still…
Jan 18
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Loving the ones closest to us
Chocolate milk at dinner + the long slow work of love -- I’m going through a thing with one of my kids that’s inviting me to the edge of myself. To the…
Jan 11
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