Over the last few months, Emelie and I have embarked on a new adventure: learning to sail. It started with finding a sailing club willing to welcome novices,
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Musings on “The Power of Vulnerability” by Brene Brown – Part 1
I have been listening to an audiobook by Brene Brown called The Power of Vulnerability. I’m only about an hour into a 7 hour listen, but my brain
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Expanding Our Empathy Envelope
Over the Christmas break, I had a conversation that’s stayed with me. It was with a close family member—someone kind, thoughtful, and deeply honest. We were talking about
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Change is Possible – The Acid Rain Story
In the face of acid rain, eco-deterioration in the 1970s prompted significant societal change by the 1990s through cap-and-trade and cleaner fuels. This narrative parallels other movements, like same-sex marriage and smoking reduction, emphasizing the power of grassroots mobilization, changing norms, and diverse coalitions to inspire lasting transformations for a sustainable future.
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Is Bigger Better: Rethinking Home Size and Happiness
We live in one of the most spacious countries on Earth, and yet we often feel squeezed. Squeezed by time, by debt, by loneliness. In a nation where
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How We Afford to Give: A Story of Privilege, Choice, and a Few Missteps
A lot of people have asked us lately:“How can you afford to give so much?”($47,000 last year — about 25% of our gross income) The real answer is
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The Three-Day Effect: An Easter Experiment in Disconnection
They call it the three-day effect—a kind of cognitive and emotional reset that happens after about 72 hours immersed in nature. A 2012 study by neuroscientist David Strayer
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Minimilism – Film Review
We watched Minimalism together recently. I wasn’t sure how the kids would respond to a documentary mostly featuring adults talking about their feelings and their stuff. But surprisingly,
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Free to Learn – Why a year out of school might be the best thing we could do for our kids.
“Children come into the world burning to learn. What extinguishes that flame is often school.”— Peter Gray, Free to Learn At Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, there are
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USB Controller Repair
When Adam’s game controller cable broke, we didn’t toss it—we repaired it. Or we tried to repair it… In a world where e-waste is piling up, even small
