By Jennifer Buergermeister It begins in an old house turned into an office, where I worked as an assistant to a dynamic duo of filmmakers exploring the mysteries of male mystique and violence. Each morning, […]
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Feed the Roots: Reawakening Humanity
Imagine a beautifully tall and lush tree, offering shade, shelter, and a bounty of fruit. There is a part of the tree that supports the health of the whole tree, not in its branches or […]
Facing the Pain: Understanding America’s Anger
As many of us watch and observe the US landscape changing, questions surely arise within each of us who feel like a deer in the headlights. Is what we see challenging us today unspoken and […]
The Biology of our Best and Worse Selves
What would we do if… After watching a TED Talk on human behavior with Stanford University’s Robert Sapolsky, a question was posed: When is any violence the “right kind of violence” that we will accept […]
Lessons from an Encounter with a Cockroach
In 2010, I began living in a lovely building in Houston that once temporarily housed the famous Marilyn Monroe. It was an amazing, older high rise converted into rentals that was purchased by a group […]
Do You Hear What I Am Saying?
Bullied by an insatiably small-minded and insecure female in high school, she sat crying on the steps of the school wondering if she can possibly take one more day of the torture there. Newly arrived […]
Why people kill themselves. It’s not depression. – Mark Goulston – Medium
If you or anyone you know has been touched by suicide and are feeling isolated, visit our compassionate, supportive touched by suicide community on Twitter. With regard to Anthony Bourdain and Kate… — Read on […]
Not Finding Your Tribe? You Might Be a “Wolf Pack” of One (and That’s Ok)
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