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What Happens When We Focus Only on the Light and Forget the Shadow

In short, avoiding our shadows stunts our growth toward our highest potential.

The emotional messiness we experience is often the result of emotional avoidance. The more we push away, the more they pile on top of each other.

Staying Human in the Age of AI

Yet I’m aware of the consequences of becoming dependent on AI—just as we’ve become dependent on GPS, smartphones, and Google. We slowly disable our own abilities to memorize, investigate, and problem-solve.

How I Felt When I Journeyed Through a Death Meditation

When his words guided us to visualize our bodies laying still, dying, my mind was on high alert, my emotions triggered, and I felt my body resisting his words and the experience. My mind had anticipated this dreaded moment and I was angry at its arrival, out of sheer fear of what I was going to feel next.

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How to Love Someone You Don't Understand

When we meet someone who is very different from us, we can be quick to dismiss them because how they think and believe doesn't make sense to us. Sometimes, the differences are so fundamental that there can be no reconciliation or compromise.

Is it still possible to love those people?

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How to Deal with Difficult People, Gracefully

When difficult people appear in our lives continuously who make our blood boil, skin crawl, and tears gush, we can find ourselves in desperate moments when we run out of all other ideas throwing up our hands and asking: “Why?” and “What do I do?”