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Steadfast Living in Turbulent Times

Steadfast Living in Turbulent Times

Where are you putting your marker down?
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Keri Mangis
The Toxic Trait of Self-Help

The Toxic Trait of Self-Help

By serving the individual, it fails the collective
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Keri Mangis
The Alchemy of Becoming You

The Alchemy of Becoming You

Permanence and arrival are only mirages
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Keri Mangis
Standing Your Ground in the Shifting Middle

Standing Your Ground in the Shifting Middle

How best efforts at compromise shift the Overton Window
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Keri Mangis
The Seduction of the Scam

The Seduction of the Scam

When the adage “Always see the good in people” fails us
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Keri Mangis
Under the Influence of Stories

Under the Influence of Stories

What matters more than if they are true or false
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Keri Mangis
The Mythology of the Battle and the Trap of Duality Consciousness

The Mythology of the Battle and the Trap of Duality Consciousness

Why we can’t (all) have nice things
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Keri Mangis
The False Promise of the Next Right Thing

The False Promise of the Next Right Thing

Escaping the Hypnotic Pull of Doing What’s Expected
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Keri Mangis
The Myth of Scarcity and the Root of Othering

The Myth of Scarcity and the Root of Othering

How a society believing in lack keeps us from collective action
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Keri Mangis
The Myth of the Linear Path

The Myth of the Linear Path

Backwards, inwards, and sideways are equally valid life paths
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Keri Mangis
There is No Such Thing as ‘Wasted’ Time

There is No Such Thing as ‘Wasted’ Time

And you can’t save it, either.
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Keri Mangis
Stop Trying to Find Your Purpose

Stop Trying to Find Your Purpose

Why you should seek wholeness instead
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Keri Mangis
Checking Myself into Gratitude Anonymous

Checking Myself into Gratitude Anonymous

Three anti-gratitude promises to stop self-gaslighting
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Rachael Nixon
Your Beliefs Don’t Make You Moral

Your Beliefs Don’t Make You Moral

And a few other limiting characteristics of beliefs
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Keri Mangis
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