Soothing the Hive Mind
“That which is not good for the beehive cannot be good for the bees.” -Marcus Aurelius
These days, the air is abuzz. People are tense, unsettled, and reactive. I see it on Instagram, at the grocery store, and on the steps…
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Here’s my reading list for spring 2020
My spring reading list has a couple of my all-time favorites and some new books that explore love, relationships, and masculinity.
I’m increasingly interested (and a bit reluctant to admit that I’m interested) in the topic of masculinity, patriarchy, and what…
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Leveraging the body’s natural systems to heal – ManTalks podcast
I loved this ManTalks episode with Connor Beaton — we talked about humanity’s disconnect from the seasons and how we can reconnect with nature to support the body’s natural systems to heal.
The episode starts with the thing Connor asks every guest to talk about…
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Welcome to Spring Equinox 2020 … everything’s changed
Hi, friends. Everything’s changing all at once—how we live, work, eat, travel, and connect with everyone around us. Stressors are through the roof and living well seems a hell of a lot harder than it did a week ago. And,…
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The clocks “sprang forward” … now what?
Ahh, the time change… In areas that participate in “daylight saving time”, that means that we effectively give ourselves an hour of jet lag. (Jet jag is that unpleasant experience when we fly to a different time zone and have…
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How’s Your 2020 so Far: Inspired or Tired?
We’re almost a full month into 2020, how’s it going?
Inspired? Overwhelmed? Tired?
All of these are possible right now. The New Year is a strange paradox. All the work we put on hold for the holidays rushes back to demand…
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Welcome to Winter solstice 2019
Humans have celebrated this dark day with gathering together, warm fires, and feasts for millennia. But, in recent history our culture got so focused on all the holiday stress that it’s easy to forget what really matters—connection.
For us to gather…
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The Cultural Landscape of Trauma
In this episode of The Living Experiment, Pilar interviews a special guest — clinical therapist and author Resmaa Menakem.
They talk about the broad and vitally important, social and racial landscape of trauma — from the effect it…
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Adjust Your Body to Daylight Savings
If you’re in the US, the clocks “fell back” over the weekend to mark the end of Daylight Saving Time.If you were up late, you may have used the “extra hour” as an excuse to keep having fun. Maybe you…
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We’re Back! New Episode of The Living Experiment Podcast
It’s been almost a year since Pilar and I recorded the last episode of the Living Experiment … a lot has happened for both of us since then.
We’ve both finished our new books and gone through our own versions…
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