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Patricia Wright's avatar

Words of wisdom. Thank you-and so helpful today and always.

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Walt Hampton, J.D., CFC's avatar

SUCH a powerful and important piece, Paul. Thank you for your strong voice.

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Miriam E's avatar

Thank you so much for this. Very validating and helpful.

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Paul T Shattuck, MSW, PhD's avatar

You’re welcome! Thanks for reading. In a world where it’s so profitable to peddle disorientation and harm, befriending ourselves is an essential form of resistance, a way to stay human amidst all of it and sustain our capacity to be in healthy connection with others

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Mary Beth Bongiovanni's avatar

This piece is so important and thinking of self grounding and self-care as a way to protect against the political reality we are forced to endure just makes so much sense and it opened my heart.

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Margy Dowzer's avatar

Thank you. Though I'm not generally a fan of AI, I appreciated being able to hear an audio version of this article.

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Lisa Lehar's avatar

Thank you for this life affirming information. We need to hear it more often.

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Paul T Shattuck, MSW, PhD's avatar

Thank you for commenting, Lisa. We are all in this together 🙏🏻☮️

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Chuck Rush's avatar

Brilliance often names the obvious. thank you so much for giving me the way into a Palm Sunday sermon. I will lift up your account… I’ve read tons on the subject having a Vet who become a heroin addict at college.

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Paul T Shattuck, MSW, PhD's avatar

Thanks, Mary Beth. I really appreciate your note and your support. Stay in touch. Together we can do what we could never do alone.

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