Alone in my car.
The stereo on shuffle.
Heavy rain on winding roads.
A day that would change my future,
_and, strangely, change my past._
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**Trigger warning:** This post discusses child abuse, parental violence, and forgiveness.
Years ago, I was sharing an office with someone, and we...
I have often found myself grappling with the concept of personal development. On the one hand, the idea of improving oneself and one’s life can seem appealing or even a manifest goal. But the suggestion that one is somehow not good enough in their present state, sucks.
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This can be especially t...
This might come as a surprise to you, but it’s easy for me to formulate the 5 top reasons why I (and maybe you?) would not want to join certain group trips. And how I created an alternative. Let’s dive in!
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##### 1\. **Everybody is forcing themselves to be nice/funny/liked**
After all, you don...
Black Lives Matter? Hey, don’t ALL lives matter? Well, that would be great. But so far, they don’t. That’s why, right now, the focus is on Black Lives Matter. Read further if you want to dig into this 🙂
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This article is the third episode of a series. If you haven’t done so already, please read...
Why is it so hard for white people (like myself, and maybe you) to understand our privilege and what our privilege means for the world?
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This post is a follow-up to [this post](/blog/message-for-white-people/); part 2, so to speak.
## The discomfort of looking honestly
We see all around us th...
White people are facing a painful but necessary task: eradicating their racism against Black people.
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**Are you a white European or American\* person? Then this message is for you. I am one, by the way.**
_\*Or another white “Westerner”, such as Australian, Canadian, etc._
The other day I pos...
**The title might seem rather odd to those who know me in real life. After all, I’m a compulsive hugger, I crave human touch, at Crazy Camps most of the group games we play are rather physical, I love spooning, eye gazing, I practice Shibari, etc. In pre-corona times physical connection kind of defi...