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Lodestar BRAVE Facilitators

Not all wisdom is heavy and hard-earned...
Sometimes it's discovered whilst coding a chicken.
Read on for a bit of humor, a bit of perspective, and a bit of hope in broken things.
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The Answer is Us
Pain teaches us the most counterintuitive thing – that we must go down before we even can know what up is. Suffering of some sort seems...
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Wild Places Make You Earn It...
Dear Everyone: We Repeat What We Don’t Repair. The number of times I’ve recited this fundamental truth can’t be quantified. It’s a...
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We're All Cracked...
Dear Everyone: A recent influx of new subscribers and site members served as a reminder that it's past time to reintroduce myself and our...
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Into the Wilderness I go...
Dear Everyone: This week’s edition of Cereal with Hand Poured Milk comes to you from deep in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness....
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ReImagine Tomorrow - Dreamers of the Day
Dear Everyone: This week’s edition of Cereal with Hand Poured Milk is penned by my dear friend and colleague, Antoinette Ayers....
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Wanted: Adultier Adults
Dear Everyone: Hitch a ride when you need to. Provide safe passage when you can. ~~ For the record, I am a world-class catastrophizer. I...
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Beware The "Cheerleaders"
Dear Everyone: In this week’s edition of Cereal With Hand Poured Milk (aka “figure out what you can half-ass without harm”) we’re going...
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"Who Do I Want To Be?"
Dear Everyone: Stress isn’t a bad thing. In fact, stress - particularly when appropriate, scaffolded supports are in place - is central...
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Weaponized Resilience
Dear Everyone: Recently, I've fielded a lot of requests for presentations and tools on resiliency. Specifically in healthcare and...
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Our Resiliency Rivers
Dear Everyone: A couple weeks ago I wrote the first in a three-part series about resilience and then, predictably, got sidetracked....
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Stuck In The Middle With You
Sculpture by Alexander Milov Dear Everyone: I got a phone call very late last night. Normally, I turn my phone off early - it's part of...
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