Years ago, not long after the birth of my second child, I had what felt like a divinely inspired epiphany. Even though I had no proof, I knew that somewhere in our past, we humans must have once known and honored a female aspect of God. I'm still…

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In an upcoming episode of Sesame Street, disaster strikes: Rudy, the brother of muppet Abby Cadabby, messes up a drawing he's been working on and gets very upset with himself. Welcome to a place where words matter. On Medium, smart voices and…

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Life expectancy is going backward in both the U.S. and the U.K. This isn't a blip like World War I plus the Spanish flu combo. This is a downward trend since 2015. When's it going to stop? What's happening to our quality of life? Welcome to a place…

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As an editor receiving 50 to 100 essay submissions per week for roughly 125 slots per year, I pass on exponentially more pieces than I accept. This unfortunate math makes me anxious, not only because I'm an incorrigible people-pleaser who hates…

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Where does anxiety end and depression begin? In 2017, the World Health Organization estimated that 4.4% of the global population — more than 300 million people — suffer from depression, and that… Welcome to a place where words…

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