Necessary Trouble

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No Apologies
If My Response To Charlie Kirk’s Death Didn’t Fit Your Pastoral Narrative, Perhaps I’m Not The Problem
Sep 16 • 
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From Power To Peace
Ceding Power Is A Spiritual Practice But Are We Willing To Do It In The Name Of Peace And Equity?
Sep 8 • 
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August 2025

We Will Get Through This
Do What You Need To Do To Retain Your Sanity And Stay Regulated Because Both Joy And Civil Disobedience Are Acts Of Liberation
Aug 31 • 
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The Anxiety Antidote
Six Ideas to Embrace (and Six to Release) to Manage Anxiety
Aug 10 • 
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Calling Myself In
HOW SCARCITY CONSCIOUSNESS ALMOST MADE ME BETRAY THE LIBERATION ETHOS OF NECESSARY TROUBLE
Aug 1 • 
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July 2025

Namaste It Away
The Persistently Insidious and Subtle Allure of Appropriation and Spiritual Bypassing
Jul 25 • 
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The Death Train Keeps Rolling
NAVIGATING ANOTHER LOSS AND THE HEALING POTENTIAL OF ANTICIPATORY GRIEF
Jul 10 • 
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Be A Spiritual Abolitionist
EXAMINING OUR ROLE IN PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE LIBERATION ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul 4 • 
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June 2025 Gratitudes
A MONTHLY REFLECTION ON WHAT’S GOOD IN MY LIFE AND THE WORLD
Jul 1 • 
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June 2025

Just Say Queer
AN EXPLORATION OF IDENTITY, MEANING, AND HOW WE CHOOSE TO SHOW UP
Jun 27 • 
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Ten Years A Widower
REFLECTING ON MY DECADE-LONG GRIEF JOURNEY
Jun 23 • 
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S.O.S. Men
WHY MEN WILL NEVER BE HEALTHY AS LONG AS PATRIARCHY EXISTS
Jun 19 • 
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