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Mar 7

The Strength in Our Tears

Public displays of vulnerability indicate our strength, because they signal all we can afford.

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Feb 14

Step Into What's Real

Dwelling in the desire for what you know you can't have is a form of self-sabotage.

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Feb 3

The Magic of Alchemy

Our wounds are less the marks of shame than the seeds of initiation.

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Jan 27

What Lies Beneath

What's underneath our urgency to change (or "improve") is often a desperate, driving self-hatred, whose antidote is patience and...

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Jan 24

Find Regular Respite

Where do you seek refuge?

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Jan 17

How to Move Forward

What was said can never be unsaid. What was done can never be undone. All we can do is acknowledge, apologize, make amends, forgive...

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Jan 13

The Roots of Our Despair

Misogyny is the root of our homophobia, and it's killing us.

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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 6, 2020

The Power of We

Learned helplessness in the queer community rears its ugly head in many ways: idle drug use, doom scrolling, panic dating, addiction...

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Nov 29, 2020

Fear is a Teacher

We cultivate resilience by going to the places that scare us.

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Nov 22, 2020

Just Keep Showing Up

Discipline is a practice, not a punishment.

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Nov 21, 2020

The Masks We Wear

At a young age, many gay people learn to dissociate as a matter of self-preservation -- hiding who we are for the sake of survival...

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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 23, 2020

The Power of Pain

Trying to expunge those parts of you resulting from years of sorrow and anguish is a losing game. But you can learn to trade your...

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Sep 15, 2020

It All Matters

Everyone has a story that deserves to be heard.

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Sep 6, 2020

The Ties that Bind

We are bound by our biases.

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Aug 29, 2020

Moving Forward

Reliving the past is like trying to swim in the same river twice, as the old saying goes. Both you and the river are always changing...

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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 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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The Strength in Our Tears

Step Into What's Real

The Magic of Alchemy

What Lies Beneath

Find Regular Respite

How to Move Forward

The Roots of Our Despair

All of Us Are Worthy

The Power of We

Fear is a Teacher

Just Keep Showing Up

The Masks We Wear

Don't Turn Away

The Power of Pain

It All Matters

The Ties that Bind

Moving Forward

Just Lean In

Empathy Cannot Be Rushed

What Needs Tending?

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