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Future Ancestors

Gibrán X. Rivera

Musings, missives, gatherings and dialogues rooted in the idea of “Forward Facing Remembering,” ancestral wisdom and the emergence of something new. Let’s meet somewhere at the intersection of spirit and culture. Love and freedom.

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Fortitude, Hardship & Grief

tl;dr: Our time demands fortitude. Not toughness. Not stoicism. The time demands our capacity to bear difficulty without being undone by it. And the capacity to keep moving forward without being poisoned by resentment.


We are in the...

14 days ago
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Fragility and Therapy Culture

tl;dr: Therapy culture taught us to know ourselves. But knowing what's wrong is not the same as growing through it. When we stay identified with our wound, we stay fragile. It’s time to make a different move.


Before we begin, I’ve b...

23 days ago
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Resentment and Therapy Culture

tldr: Therapy culture teaches us to see hardship as something that should not be. It is a belief that breeds resentment. Resentment at life and its terms. And this resentment keeps us fragile.

Note that this missive can stand alone, but it...

a month ago
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A Little Of Everything This Week

This one is more of a digest, a handful of things worth your attention, along with a bunch of links:

  • “Follow Your Purpose” is Not as Romantic as it Sounds — Tuesday (my love, not the day of the week!) is walking away from the firm she...
a month ago
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From Fragility to Fortitude [VIDEO]

Here I’m sharing a video of my recent talk on moving From Fragility to Fortitude. But let’s start with some words from the wise and ever eloquent Bayo Akomolafe, spoken in conversation with the equally brilliant Prentis Hemphill:

I reme...

2 months ago
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