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A collection of 15 posts

Too Much World

Sometimes staying present means cutting out the noise.

Flying by Instruments

Flying by Instruments

It’s not always easy, but it is possible.

Fire on the Mountain

contemplative practice

Fire on the Mountain

An unexpected lesson in body memory—and a long-awaited update on Dead Dharma.

Leaving Space for Big Emotions

Leaving Space for Big Emotions

When there is no action to take, the feeling itself is what needs tending.

The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home

Sometimes the greatest distance is between surviving and living.

Beyond Scale

What matters is not how transformation is measured, but what becomes possible when we awaken to our capacity for connection.

The Adjustment Bureau

interdependence

The Adjustment Bureau

We spend our lives fiddling with the thermostat of experience. What if we left it alone?

Embracing the Gap

Embracing the Gap

Holding space for a crisis and relaxing into an unhurried weekend aren't separate states. It is the same attunement, aimed outward or inward.

Getting Soft in Hard Times

Getting Soft in Hard Times

The antidote to a bruising world isn't a tougher shell, but a softer heart.

Sparing the Repair

Sparing the Repair

The urge to fix or solve is deeply human. It can also obscure more than it eases.

Political Unease as Spiritual Crisis

Political Unease as Spiritual Crisis

Anxiety over the state of the world is driving many to seek psychotherapy. Is it enough?

A man with thick glasses, surrounded by books he’ll never get to read, smiling like he has all the time in the world. From the classic “Twilight Zone” episode “Time Enough at Last.”

What the Story Isn’t Doing for You

Self-pathologizing is a national pastime—and the wellness industrial complex is happy to sell you the cure for the label they handed you. When self-knowledge tips into self-infatuation, and how to spot the difference.

Why (You Think) You Can’t Put it Down

Why (You Think) You Can’t Put it Down

A war with Iran in its fourth week—a nuclear plant struck, the Strait of Hormuz closed, oil up nearly 60%. Arctic sea ice at a record low, global warming accelerating, the planet on course to breach 1.5°C before 2030. Cuba going dark under a US oil blockade,

IFS Is Having a Moment. So Is the Backlash.

IFS Is Having a Moment. So Is the Backlash.

IFS—aka Internal Family Systems, a therapeutic model built around working with distinct “parts” of the psyche—is having a moment. It’s all over wellness culture right now—TikTok therapists, podcast guests, airport bookstore self-help—and with that kind of buzz comes backlash. The Cut recently published a

Wanting Otherwise: On Inevitability and Refuge

Wanting Otherwise: On Inevitability and Refuge

I’ve been thinking about inevitability. The inevitability of falling apart. The inevitability of sickness, old age—if we’re so lucky—and death. The inevitability of phase change, from the smallest, tiniest repositioning of the elementary particles that comprise the light show we call our human embodiment, to the