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The gift of the fallen stranger
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Prayer for the new year
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Forgetting and becoming
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End-of-year reflection questions - 2024
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Revastated, if you will
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The body keeps the sunshine
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Introductions
I am so moved by the rich interactions in the comment sections here at Examined Family and the emails I receive from readers on a weekly basis.
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All aboard the meal train
They come quietly, like an invisible phalanx of midlife lady love, and drop old grocery bags filled with lovingly spiced green curry and vegetable…
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Sunday 5
It is devastating that we lost Cecile Richards so young.
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'You're more powerful than you think'
I know a lot of us are feeling another wave of grief and anger over the direction this country is going in, at least on the national stage.
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Sunday 5
Women reflect on the toll of the Eaton Fire and the destruction it brought to their community of Altadena, a multicultural haven for generations.
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Raising kids with 'spiritual confidence'
5 questions for writer, podcaster, and ritual innovator Casper ter Kuile
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What season of learning are you in?
Hey all, I’m thinking of LA-area folks with a lot of worry and love these days.
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the examined family
the examined family
figuring out how to be and care for ethical, joyful humans in beautiful, horrible times
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