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Love and worth are not connected. We don't have to earn love by maintaining our innocence. So, now what?

RESOURCES MENTIONED: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_We_Meet_on_Vacation_(film)https://www.tiktok.com/@chillbinch/video/7585431135518264590?_r=1&_t=ZT-93GB46E9LYbhttps://www.thecut.com/2020/09/my-brief-experience-with-love-has-been-totally-humiliating.htmlhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpunishablewoman/video/75948335221168079...

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

- AID FOR ⁠MINNEAPOLIS⁠

- ⁠The Conscious Universe⁠ by Joe Zadeh

- Kristianna Smith's ⁠Tiktok⁠

- ⁠The Light Eaters⁠ by Zoe Schlanger

- ⁠Consciousness⁠

- Alex Hanna's ⁠Tiktok⁠

- ⁠Silicon Valley’s Obsession With AI Looks a Lot Like Religion⁠

- Animism ⁠Essay

⁠-⁠ Well Being Economy Alliance

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What will happen when we stop hoarding our ideas from ourselves?

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

- Diabolical Lies

- Madeleine Voge’s Reel

- The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

- Zoe’s TikTok

- The Hand by Annabelle Dinda

- Literally Just Do Things by Erifili Gounari

- Analyzing “The Hand” by Annabelle Dinda

- The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer

- JB’s Tiktok

- Francina Simone's Tiktok

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Books Mentioned: - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd- The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston- Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut - Martyr by Kaveh Akbar- Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin- The Book Thief by Markus ZusakEssays Mentioned: - In defense of pretension by Ayan Artan- Fake Fairness is Killing Our Relationships - And It's Everywhere by Jamila Bradley- Erotic Decisions by Museguided- On Agency by Henrik Karlsson-...

• Dahlia’s Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dahliaquintanilla?lang=en

• Learning Ceremonies Guide: https://liberatedlearning.org/download-free-learning-spirals-guide/

• Are You Asking En...

I believe desire is a map & we can start using it to actually improve our relationships with others WHILE seeing our dream life come into our physical reality!!

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• A Woman's Guide to Power Unbound: https://www.kasiaurbaniak.com/unbound-book
• Little Weirds by Jenny Slate: https://www.thejennyslate.com/little-weirds
• Pleasure Activism: https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/pleasure-activism/

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I experimented with a media consumption break & it had my reflecting our relationship to art. TLDR: everyone's freaking out about AI stealing our creativity. I think humans are more resilient than that. RESOURCES: - Art as Necessity: Rethinking the Fundamentals of Human Survival

- The Book Thief- Behind the WallRELATED EPISODES: - How Life Changes When You Realize the Rules are Made Up- The Lost Art of Sensuality📓 Anna's Substa...

Critical thinking skills require all of us to let go of our need for certainty. Are we willing to do that? RESOURCES: - Eliza Day's Tiktok- Some of Your Are Engaging in Cop Behavior- Maybe We're All So Worried About Getting In Trouble Because We Keep Trying to Get Each Other in Trouble by Hannah Glenn- A Hierarchy of Thinking Styles- Key Questions for Media Literacy- Debate Me! by Priya Jain- How to be a critic by Ayan Arta...

Does language shape the way we perceive reality? Can Indigenous wisdom shine a light on a different way forward??! RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Lingthusiasm- The Hatred of Metaphor- Briana Ní Loingsigh's Substack- WordsatWork Tiktok- The Balkanization and Babelification of the Internet- Babaylan, Bye Bye Lang- Hopi Time Controversy- Our Language, Our World- Braiding Sweetgrass

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little Q&A moment today!

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Favorites mentioned:

Books:

- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

- Hunger Games (lol) by Suzanne Collins

- Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Musicians:

- Muna

- Yana

- Abba

- The Weepies

- Samia

- Devon Again

Substacks...

I've found real magic in thinking on the page in the last year. I'd love for more people to experience this with me.

"When I sit down to write, the meadow is still engulfed in darkness under a sky where satellites pass by, one after the other. My thoughts are flighty and shapeless, like dreams; they morph as I approach them. But when I open my notebook and write, it is as if I pin my thoughts to the table. I can ex...

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For ourselves and for our neighbors, let's build up our sense of agency, shall we?

Please note, while this episode does touch on political topics, that is NOT an invitation to argue about politics in my comment section or DMs. Engaging in that behavior will get you blocked.

Donate:

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After poet Andrea Gibson passed away this week, I realized that poetry and sensuality are deeply intertwined. Both require "masterful sensitivity" and the courage to feel everything, including pain. I believe most people don't realize they're poets, and by tuning into all nine of our senses (not just the basic five,) we can live more sensually and honor the brief, beautiful time we have in these bodies ⚠️Content W...