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It's Up to Us to Love

Our responses to love were largely given to us by our parents and our society. It is our responsibility to transcend those stories...

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2 days ago

The Cycle of Life

Achievement is its own reward. When we reach our goals, inevitably we find more goals.

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5 days ago

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 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 12

The Warrior's Path

Stepping into our power might not make us popular, but it gives us clarity, strength, and purpose.

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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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Jan 2

Your Work for the Day

What is the most loving thing you could do right now?

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Dec 11, 2020

Take Your Rightful Place

Taking ownership and becoming accountable is one way of standing tall in the world.

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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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Dec 5, 2020

Do Your Part

If learned helplessness is a form of homophobic conditioning, then getting informed and empowered is a radical act of resistance.

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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 18, 2020

You Won't Know Without Asking

Resist your assumptions. Everyone has a story that deserves to be heard.

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Nov 15, 2020

The Road to Recovery

Create space for grace, and room for redemption.

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Nov 9, 2020

Always A Good Choice

When in doubt, create space.

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Nov 7, 2020

Your Prime Directive

Take care of the love that sustains you.

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Oct 28, 2020

There's Another Way

Operating out of obligation is a quick way to derail our sanity. We win no gold starts for demonstrating how much we can endure...

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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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Oct 18, 2020

Footloose and Fancy Free

Living in the moment is not the same as living as if there were no tomorrow. Spontaneity is great, but in most cases richness takes...

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It's Up to Us to Love

The Cycle of Life

How to Move Forward

One Thing At a Time

The Warrior's Path

What Lies Beneath?

This Is Your Moment

Your Work for the Day

Take Your Rightful Place

The Power of We

Do Your Part

Fear is a Teacher

Just Keep Showing Up

You Won't Know Without Asking

The Road to Recovery

Always A Good Choice

Your Prime Directive

There's Another Way

The Power of Pain

Footloose and Fancy Free

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