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Pay Yourself First

Jan 15

One Thing At a Time

We need not change our lives in one fell swoop. Just look at where simply putting one foot in front of the other can get you.

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Jan 11

What Lies Beneath?

What secret longing lies beneath your obligations and commitments? And what are you willing to risk in order to claim it, such that you...

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Jan 3

This Is Your Moment

Create the moment in which you want to live.

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Dec 27, 2020

It's Never Too Late

When it comes to love, age is just a number.

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Dec 17, 2020

All of Us Are Worthy

No matter who you are, or where you've been, or what you've done... You are not beyond the power of redemption. None of us are.

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Dec 14, 2020

You Deserve Love

Persistent loneliness need not be part of our stories. Love is available to all of us. At any age.

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Dec 8, 2020

Breathe Easy

Rest in the calm clarity of dawn, as it wipes clean the cold doubts of dusk.

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Nov 27, 2020

Get Used To It

Queer people are here. We've always been here. Living. Laughing. Loving. And we're not going anywhere.

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Nov 26, 2020

Free to Be Yourself

Rest easy, safe in the awareness that there's enough space in this world for every part of you.

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Nov 14, 2020

Don't Turn Away

There is beauty in our shadows and purpose in our pasts.

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Oct 17, 2020

You've Got to See It to Be It

There's no greater desolation than a poverty of the mind. How big can you dream?

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Sep 18, 2020

If You Only Knew...

You're worth even more than you realize.

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Aug 22, 2020

The Power of Redemption

I believe that there are no enlightened people, only enlightened actions. In the same way, there are no homophobic people, only...

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Aug 1, 2020

My Credo

I believe that we're all in this together. That if each of us took a little less, we'd all have so much more. And that there is no...

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May 7, 2020

What is "Equanimity?"

Equanimity is that state of openness to our heart's desires, without ambition or aversion.

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May 6, 2020

Just Lean In

It's no use trying to hide from life: there's no solace in slack senses.

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May 3, 2020

Empathy Cannot Be Rushed

Empathy requires that we meet each other where we actually are, instead of flipping on life’s light switches.

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Apr 21, 2020

True Optimism

Optimism lies at the intersection of honesty and hope.

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Apr 20, 2020

What Needs Tending?

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, try asking yourself this: just what in your life truly needs tending today, in order for you to feel...

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Pay Yourself First

One Thing At a Time

What Lies Beneath?

This Is Your Moment

It's Never Too Late

All of Us Are Worthy

You Deserve Love

Breathe Easy

Get Used To It

Free to Be Yourself

Don't Turn Away

You've Got to See It to Be It

If You Only Knew...

The Power of Redemption

My Credo

What is "Equanimity?"

Just Lean In

Empathy Cannot Be Rushed

True Optimism

What Needs Tending?

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