2017
A midwife gets unexpected news from her father's old mistress.
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Barbara Siemion's attitude since her diagnosis with pancreatic cancer? No doctor is going to tell her how long she has to live. Questions about whether your cancer can be cured, what your odds of recovery may be, and cancer survival statistics are all questions about your cancer prognosis.
Jeff is author of 5 books including, 'The Deepest Acceptance: Radical Awakening In Ordinary Life,' 'An Extraordinary Absence: Liberation in the Midst Of A Very Ordinary Life,' and 'The Wonder of Being.
What is it like to raise a child who’s different from you in some fundamental way (like a prodigy, or a differently abled kid, or a criminal)? In this quietly moving talk, writer Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents—asking them: What’s the line between...
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Think of a question – any question! (okay, maybe not a question like "what was the name of my physics teacher?"). Then turn to a page, and experience the magic… the magic of F**k It. We all have questions.
Is there a gap between how you’d like things to be and how they are? Most likely there is, and it hurts. It may be a small gap or a freaking enormous ravine, but that gap is, in fact, probably the primary cause of pain and unhappiness for most people.
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Dr. Hallowell on the Oprah Winfrey Show talking about forgiveness.
In a book that gets more timely by the day, bestselling author Edward Hallowell shows that forgiveness is strength—and also that it’s essential to living a healthy, happy life. Forgiveness is not a sign of weakness but of strength. It’s also healthy, brave, contagious and sets you free.
Have you ever felt stuck in a cycle of unresolved pain, playing offenses over and over in your mind? You know you can’t go on like this, but you don’t know what to do next. Lysa TerKeurst has wrestled through this journey.
Love is where there is no fear. Fear is where there is no love. In our age of anxieties, most of us live by complex expectations about what we should achieve, how we should act, and how others should treat us.
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This message by Richard Rohr is from his talk The Little Way: A Spirituality of Imperfection, in which Fr. Richard shares how imperfection is the framework inside of which God makes the Godself known and leads us to union.