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December 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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The boxed stuff may hold a special place in our memories, but it's time to graduate this Christmas 😎👇🏼
December 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The boxed stuff may hold a special place in our memories, but it's time to graduate this Christmas 😎👇🏼
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December 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"Menopause today feels louder, heavier, harder, more relentless, and far more draining than it was for previous generations. And while our hormones haven’t changed, almost everything else has." ~ Lynne Walder
December 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Menopause today feels louder, heavier, harder, more relentless, and far more draining than it was for previous generations. And while our hormones haven’t changed, almost everything else has." ~ Lynne Walder
The power of our bothering to make a wish, aspiration, or mindful vow is immense. These aren’t resolutions in an unhealthy sense. More on that:
This Winter Solstice, make three little wishes. ~ Waylon Lewis | elephant journal
Most of all I wish for the continued and often-painful blossoming of social equality for all sentient beings across our world
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December 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The power of our bothering to make a wish, aspiration, or mindful vow is immense. These aren’t resolutions in an unhealthy sense. More on that:
"This is what it means to raise a Jewish child now: danger isn’t whispered. It’s named. Out loud. In synagogue. That’s what Pittsburgh did. That’s what Sydney does. That’s what terrorism accomplishes...
December 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"This is what it means to raise a Jewish child now: danger isn’t whispered. It’s named. Out loud. In synagogue. That’s what Pittsburgh did. That’s what Sydney does. That’s what terrorism accomplishes...
What are you (not) writing? ✍️
Trust your gut and write that book. Write that short story collection. Write that poetry. Write your (big) little heart out. 🙏
Trust your gut and write that book. Write that short story collection. Write that poetry. Write your (big) little heart out. 🙏
December 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
What are you (not) writing? ✍️
Trust your gut and write that book. Write that short story collection. Write that poetry. Write your (big) little heart out. 🙏
Trust your gut and write that book. Write that short story collection. Write that poetry. Write your (big) little heart out. 🙏
"We are too big to fail, if we stand together—but divided we fall," on speaking up against the rising tide of un-democratic fascism in these United States of America. Here's the video:
Champion Martina Navratilova knows fascism vs. democracy. Here’s her warning. | elephant journal
We are too big to fail, if we stand together—but divided we fall, on speaking up against the rising tide of un-democratic fascism in these United States of America. Here's the video: https://www.y.....
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December 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
"We are too big to fail, if we stand together—but divided we fall," on speaking up against the rising tide of un-democratic fascism in these United States of America. Here's the video:
wherever you are and whatever you're doing, take a good posture & take a deep breath.
December 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
wherever you are and whatever you're doing, take a good posture & take a deep breath.
I do think being capable of feeling shame when one has done something awful is healthy, a sign we're not drowned in narcissism. www.elephantjournal.com/2019/11/list...
Listening to what our Shame is trying to Tell Us. | elephant journal
In this episode of the Walk the Talk Show Podcast, Waylon discusses a three step approach to dealing with the feeling of shame:
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December 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I do think being capable of feeling shame when one has done something awful is healthy, a sign we're not drowned in narcissism. www.elephantjournal.com/2019/11/list...
Seven Reasons to Unfriend someone on Facebook: www.elephantjournal.com/2014/07/seve...
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Seven Reasons to Unfriend someone on Facebook: www.elephantjournal.com/2014/07/seve...
What J.R.R. Tolkien said to the Nazis when they asked if he was Jewish:
What J.R.R. Tolkien said to the Nazis when they asked if he was Jewish. | elephant journal
What J.R.R. Tolkien said to the Nazis when they asked if he was Jewish.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
What J.R.R. Tolkien said to the Nazis when they asked if he was Jewish:
Nancy Sinatra responds to false claim about her dad re Trump: www.elephantjournal.com/2025/12/nanc...
December 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Nancy Sinatra responds to false claim about her dad re Trump: www.elephantjournal.com/2025/12/nanc...
“Be quiet!” “Shhhhh!”
It’s what I heard in just about every room I went into when I was young. I was loud & sweet & sensitive & proud. This quote, then, really turned me around.
Next time you feel like you oughta be smaller, safer, less shiny…read this: www.elephantjournal.com/2012/01/shin...
It’s what I heard in just about every room I went into when I was young. I was loud & sweet & sensitive & proud. This quote, then, really turned me around.
Next time you feel like you oughta be smaller, safer, less shiny…read this: www.elephantjournal.com/2012/01/shin...
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“Be quiet!” “Shhhhh!”
It’s what I heard in just about every room I went into when I was young. I was loud & sweet & sensitive & proud. This quote, then, really turned me around.
Next time you feel like you oughta be smaller, safer, less shiny…read this: www.elephantjournal.com/2012/01/shin...
It’s what I heard in just about every room I went into when I was young. I was loud & sweet & sensitive & proud. This quote, then, really turned me around.
Next time you feel like you oughta be smaller, safer, less shiny…read this: www.elephantjournal.com/2012/01/shin...
"But the real work is to stop confusing emotional labor with love & to stop mistaking chaos for connection." www.elephantjournal.com/2025/11/the-...
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"But the real work is to stop confusing emotional labor with love & to stop mistaking chaos for connection." www.elephantjournal.com/2025/11/the-...
“Empathy without boundaries is self-betrayal, but empathy with discernment—that’s power.” This is one of the most powerful articles I have read and it truly resonates with me!
~ a reader comment
~ a reader comment
The Dance Between the Empath & the Narcissist: When Love Becomes a Lesson. | elephant journal
Have you ever been with someone who gaslights you, invalidates your feelings, plays the victim, and somehow leaves you questioning your reality? Or maybe you’re the one who’s
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December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“Empathy without boundaries is self-betrayal, but empathy with discernment—that’s power.” This is one of the most powerful articles I have read and it truly resonates with me!
~ a reader comment
~ a reader comment
The Buddha: on aging gracefully.
Every body gets Old. | elephant journal
Every body gets Old.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The Buddha: on aging gracefully.
“You don’t try to get rid of anything—you can still be sad or frustrated or angry. You recognize your humanity and the wide gamut of emotions you might be feeling.”
~ Pema Chodron
~ Pema Chodron
The Most Important Article on Elephant, Ever. | elephant journal
Love Yourself, via Pema Chodron.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
“You don’t try to get rid of anything—you can still be sad or frustrated or angry. You recognize your humanity and the wide gamut of emotions you might be feeling.”
~ Pema Chodron
~ Pema Chodron
I'm a father. www.elephantjournal.com/2025/11/its-...
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I'm a father. www.elephantjournal.com/2025/11/its-...
F*** Convenience. Give me Story. www.elephantjournal.com/2019/11/fck-...
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
F*** Convenience. Give me Story. www.elephantjournal.com/2019/11/fck-...
My poem to our baby daughter, Willa Goodall Lewis.
To our Willa Goodall Lewis. | elephant journal
Oh Willa Goodall Lewis, daughter of Kelsey Anne Lewis and Waylon Hart Lewis. How this my only life has changed, suddenly, with your arrival in our home into your mother’s loving arms. How life cha.....
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November 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
My poem to our baby daughter, Willa Goodall Lewis.
See all 20: This Thanksgiving, play Toxic Family Bingo!
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November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
See all 20: This Thanksgiving, play Toxic Family Bingo!
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