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The Struggle Is the Same
By Phila Hoopes “Everyone’s a critic,” the theatre saying goes…and (nearly) everyone has a critic’s voice droning on in their ...
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Return to Joy – A Book to Challenge the Despair of Our Times
There are powerful books…and then there are books that grasp me by the spiritual lapels and shake me to the bones. Return to ...
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One Perfect Tomato
This year, as I watch the headlines – wildfire here, hurricane there, drought, dwindling glaciers in the Antarctic, record-setting temperatures ...
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Peeling the Veils of Trauma from Our Eyes
“It did not, at that moment, occur to her even to doubt that if such things existed they would be ...
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Why Bother? No, Really?
After a sleepless night and an overwhelmed, distracted day, I kept coming back to the question – why bother? Why ...
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Navigating from Panic to Peace
Your chest is tight. A lump in your throat threatens to erupt into sobs. Your head is spinning; your heart ...
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Phoenix Rising
There’s been a lot written about September as Suicide Prevention Month. There are walks scheduled, grassroots support movements growing…in particular Project Semicolon, a ...
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What if… (dare we ask?)
These questions have been haunting me for the past few days…with the sort of resonance that tells me they are ...
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Affirming the Place of Life
Last night was a rough one. One of the roughest in a while. Fears for the country and the planet…personal ...
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Phila Hoopes is a freelance writer, permaculture practitioner, and student of Earth-based spirituality. She has navigated trauma, anxiety and depression for years and is dedicated to sharing what works for post-traumatic growth.
