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Writing on the inner life.

Essays, memoir, and poetry on attention, grief, belonging, and what it means to live awake.

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Poetry1 min readJune 25, 2026

Qualities of Balance

A balanced center is a quiet center. It doesn't need tension to stay in place.

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Essay2 min readJune 23, 2026

The Endless Reaching

Not a Pathology

relationshipsattentiontrauma
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Poetry1 min readJune 21, 2026

The Shape of Pain

The Out Line

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Poetry1 min readJune 19, 2026

Natural Intelligence

Trigger Warming

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Poetry1 min readJune 17, 2026

The Longcut

Accept reality.Stay with pain.Face fear.Chose what's most alive.

transformationattention
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Poetry1 min readJune 15, 2026

Venture Out

An Out of Body Experience

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Poetry1 min readJune 13, 2026

The Act

Starts Now

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Poetry2 min readJune 11, 2026

Aliveness Manifesto

Life is not something to earn.It is not waiting at the end of healing, success,certainty or fear.It is here.Now.

alivenessattentionrelationships
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Poetry1 min readJune 9, 2026

The Body and the Void

A Living Inquiry

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Poetry1 min readJune 7, 2026

The Practice of Possibility

No Guarantees

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Poetry1 min readJune 5, 2026

Less Effort

Nothing Flashy

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Poetry1 min readJune 3, 2026

Seeing Color

The world is not just black and white. There are many shades of darkness. There are many tones of light. And there's all the stuff in between:The rainbow of life.

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