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Build a Little Shelter from Your Storms
Peace + Quiet
I’m as surprised as the next person that this week’s counterweight (i.e. the good news) is political (!!), while the weight is personal. We’re flipping the script today, suffused by the sound of silence.
How to Find Perspective in Dizzying Times
Weight:
To date, I have written 22 of these Counterweights Weekly emails. Some people struggle to understand why I persist in “being political.” My answer is two-fold.
- I worked in federal (Conservative) politics for years, and Cory...
Bigotry + Bedhead (naming what’s true)
A simple, sustaining practice to carry us through this chaotic season
This week’s installment of The Soup echoes the Counterweights Weekly format, a limited series thousands of you subscribed to last fall/winter. I’ll briefly share one pol...
Every Book I Read This Summer
(Plus: my reading rules, honest reviews, and 5 things I loved in August)
Cory and I wrapped August up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, celebrating our 27th anniversary. I didn’t find a Petoskey stone, but our three days away were relaxing an...
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Leaning into the light and naming what's heavy. ⚖️ No one can love your life for you. Best-selling author of Counterweights & The Ministry of Ordinary Places.
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