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Babies, Teenagers, and Cultural Difference
Cultural difference reveals our blind spots — and loosening our grip on what we think we know is part of the learning.
Studies
Working something through over time: essays that develop an idea with care, series in progress, practice in conversation with a tradition.
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Promises, Promises
When does a promise expire? And who decides what still counts, years after the moment has passed?
Less aloneSoma Isles
Our Dance with Money
Most of us carry a hidden story about money — woven from silence, shame, and feelings we were never taught to name. What if the unease you feel isn’t really about money — but about the story you’ve been living without ever choosing? This is what happens when you finally look it in the eye.
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Happiness and Ancient Egypt
What I saw in Egypt taught me that happiness isn’t about comfort — it’s about connection.
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Handel-ing Compliments
Graciousness is a small gesture — but it holds the power to honour someone else’s joy.
ImagineMaker's Forge
Stockhausen, Picasso, and Egg on your Face
Getting it wrong — and faking it — turned out to be useful. It taught me what real understanding takes, and how hard it is to ask for.
Move meEntangled Vale
Thunder on the Keyboard
Sometimes the most powerful music is the kind that proves you wrong.
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Re-Risking Society
The most unforgettable lessons are often the ones that would never survive a curriculum review.
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Objects of Worship
Even ordinary habits can become objects of worship — and battlegrounds for meaning.
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The Self-Made Myth Is Holding Us Back
We’ve been told we can become anyone if we just try hard enough. But what if becoming is always a shared act?
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Vagaries of the Brain
What seems like chaos to one person is harmony to another. You can live side by side for decades and still be discovering how differently you experience the world.
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On the Ball
Sometimes your body dives before your mind agrees — that’s when you know you’re on the ball.