Building resilience

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The pandemic was particularly hard on the mental health of adolescents. Their activities, plans, hopes and dreams were canceled or changed, and disappointment hit hard. Now many teenagers are depressed, angry, frustrated, confused and are falling deep into holes of anxiety, fear and futility.

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Beat the heat with summer songs

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It’s the summer solstice. And right now, where many of us live, it’s hot. I was thinking about finding some otherworldly music to mark the solstice. Something that would help lower our temperatures. But while looking for that kind of music, I stumbled on another kind.

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Savoring each moment in life

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Amy’s belief in savoring each moment of life and saying “yes to the voice that tells me I should go out and do something now, even when that decision seems wildly impractical” guided her throughout her life. This approach became even more important after her cancer diagnosis.

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Were it not for shadows

This past year, I turned 70, published my first collection of short stories, and lost my eldest brother to cancer. These events left me feeling as if I am only now beginning to know who I am. Sometimes, the most difficult emotions can reveal things we could not know any other way.

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During an eclipse, not every ray of light can pass through to the ground, leaving only the rays at a certain angle to make it, creating tiny images of the eclipse itself.

Experiencing the Eclipse

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And like Whitman, from time to time, we glide past the rigorous propriety of sanctioned learnedness and gaze “in perfect silence at the stars.”

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Love Finds Us

When I or someone I love is going through something heavy, I look to Spiritbox’s album “Eternal Blue.” Its brutal but beautiful songs were a constant companion during the COVID-19 lockdowns...

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