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How do I step into my power?

Asked by: Freshwater Mermaid, Minneapolis, USA
Answered by: Joan Naviyuk Kane
Our Ancestors live in us

What do our ancestors say?

Asked by: JR, Central Valley, California
Answered by: Joan Naviyuk Kane
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The lesson of the falling leaves

Asked by: G, London, United Kingdom
Answered by: Joan Naviyuk Kane
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My pregnancy feels like an overwhelming burden

Asked by: D., New York, United States
Answered by: Joan Naviyuk Kane
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I’m struggling to understand and be understood

Asked by: TG, Tokyo, Japan
Answered by: Bhanu Kapil
Mihail Zablodski (Ukraine, b_ 1988-)_The Fatigue, 2022

What is fatigue?

Asked by: r, Montreal, Canada
Answered by: Bhanu Kapil
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How does one hold onto one’s heart?

Asked by: J.L., Maple Valley, WA, USA
Answered by: Bhanu Kapil
Sleeping In by Vincent Giarrano

I am a recovering people-pleaser

Asked by: I., Brighton, UK
Answered by: Bhanu Kapil
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How can a man so deranged be voted into the highest office?

Asked by: L., USA
Answered by: Bhanu Kapil
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Help me through excitement and turbulence

Asked by: F., London, UK
Answered by: M. NourbeSe Philip
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How much selfish is too selfish?

Asked by: CSG, Montreal, Canada
Answered by: M. NourbeSe Philip
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How to live without needing validation?

Asked by: E., Bay Area, USA
Answered by: M. NourbeSe Philip
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I snap and get stern, the kid cries

Asked by: Struggling Parent, United States
Answered by: M. NourbeSe Philip
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How do I hold on to positive feelings?

Asked by: Anonymous, London, UK
Answered by: Ariel Resnikoff
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Haunted by lives I cannot bear to watch

Asked by: Haunted, Philadelphia, USA
Answered by: Ariel Resnikoff
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Did I choose the wrong turn

Asked by: duality, Toronto, Canada
Answered by: Ariel Resnikoff
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Where does possibility live in the grammar of loss?

Asked by: Anonymous, USA
Answered by: Ariel Resnikoff
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I’m in love with someone whose name I like

Asked by: J.L., Denver, USA
Answered by: Andrew Whiteman

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