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We Are Not the Burden, We Carry the Burden
Posted on August 16, 2021 by Kēphen
I would like to share some personal things about myself that I have been experiencing as of late, just in case others can relate. First though, I want to provide some context for why I decided to share my recent experiences. In June, I… Continue Reading “We Are Not the Burden, We Carry the Burden”
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When Life Hurts the Most
Posted on June 12, 2020 by Kēphen
When Life Hurts the Most We are all broken, none of us are lucky enough to get through life unscathed. What sets some apart from the rest is that they learn and grow and become stronger in the broken places. Who are you? Who… Continue Reading “When Life Hurts the Most”
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How To Start Eating Better
Posted on November 6, 2017 by Kēphen
How To Start Eating Better Cooking tip: When cooking meats, eggs, vegetables, potatoes, and in some cases grains, you should saute, fry (never deep fry), grill, bake, or boil them with extra virgin olive oil as a marinade and seasoned with herbs or spices… Continue Reading “How To Start Eating Better”
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His Empty Soul
Posted on August 1, 2017 by Kēphen
His Empty Soul: How to Heal a Broken Man There are only a few things every man needs in his life to feel as though he’s living the most fulfilled life that he can. The first critical thing every man needs… Continue Reading “His Empty Soul”
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- A Safe Place to Call Home: The Childhood Trauma of Growing Up LGBTQ+ in Small-Town America
- 20 Years Later
- Seeking Help for Depression
- Workplace Mental Health
- The Words We Choose to Use in Behavioral Health
- In Memoriam: Ricardo “Ricky” Reyes
- Music & Mental Health: A Path to Recovery
- Unbecoming: The Struggle for Acceptance
- The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act: 988 Takes Effect July 16, 2022
- Long December
- The Power of Purpose, Meaning, and Fulfillment
- World Suicide Prevention Day
- We Are Not the Burden, We Carry the Burden
- Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management
- Employment Nostalgia
- Vaccination?
- Should You Go Back to School?
- The Privilege and Risks of Pretentious and Delusional Self-Importance in American Youth
- Prajñāpāramitā Part III: The Sacred Lotus of the Dharma
- How to Practice Empathy and Prevent Emotional Impotence
- Down the Rabbit Hole and Through the Looking Glass
- The Power of Hope on the Journey of Recovery
- The Right Mindset for a More Meaningful Life
- Companionship: Love Not Lust
- Recovery: Hope is the Spark
- To Mask or Not to Mask
- Freckles: Chapter Nineteen
- When Life Hurts the Most
- Start a Conversation that Matters
- The Tragedy of Travis Maldonado
- The Power and Truth of Self-Awareness
- A Journey Called Hope
- The Scars of Loss
- Unsolicited Stranger
- The Dying Light of Unrequited Love
- Freckles: Chapter Eighteen
- Liberation and a Return to the Sacred
- The Perfect Life
- Love Me Not
- Chasing the Westward Sun
- Life After
- The Past That’s Not Forgotten
- In the Twilight of Memory
- Out of the Darkness: My Experience with a Mental Health Condition
- U.S. Behavioral Health and the Workplace
- Prajñāpāramitā Part II: The Heart of Insight
- Moments in Time
- To Be Acknowledged As Existing
- Choose To Live
- The Power of Belief
- Lords of the Wild
- The Inexplicable
- Genealogy: How To Research Your Family Ancestry
- Ben Tre: Keep the Loneliness Warm
- Genetics: The Basics of How You’ve Come To Be
- What the Story of Hiro-Kala Teaches Us
- When A Parent Dies
- Prajñāpāramitā Part I: The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion
- The Passenger
- His Light Carries On
- From Samanera to Bhikkhu: The Life of a Traditional Theravada Monk
- How To Start Eating Better
- The Macrocosm Perspective
- Human Sexuality Defined
- Alone In The Dark
- Nationalism and Police Brutality: The Deafening Sound of Ignorance
- The Middle Way and the Turning of the Wheel
- Identity Politics and the Slow Death of the American Moral Landscape
- The Thousand Year Journey
- His Empty Soul
- The Choice That Never Was
- No Arrival, No Destination, Just Being
- Respect For Living Things
- Abortion, Abstinence, Abuse, Birth Control, Teen Sex, and Unwanted Pregnancy
- The Darkest Corners of the Cyber World: Sexual Predation and Exploitation
- Freckles: Chapter Seventeen
- Everywhere You Go, There You Are
- Words To Live By
- Transgender in America
- On Faith and Fallacy: My Journey Out Of Christianity
- The Wall, Illegal Immigration, and the U.S. – Mexican Border
- Thích Nhất Hạnh
- How Climate Change Affects Our Lives
- Muslim Refugees, Christianity and the Future of Freedom
- In Search of Self
- On Labels and Identity
- It’s Been A While
- Freckles: Chapter Sixteen
- Freckles: Chapter Fifteen
- Freckles: Chapter Fourteen
- Freckles: Chapter Thirteen
- Freckles: Chapter Twelve
- Freckles: Chapter Eleven
- Freckles: Chapter Ten
- Freckles: Chapter Nine
- Freckles: Chapter Eight
- Freckles: Chapter Seven
- Freckles: Chapter Six
- Freckles: Chapter Five
- The Four Cornerstones
- Freckles: Chapter Four
- Freckles: Chapter Three
- Freckles: Chapter Two
- The Darklord
- Crash
- Freckles: Chapter One
- Anger, Violence, Death, and Regret
- Of God
- The Erosion of the Sagacious American Intellect
- Lemmings and Other Things
- Self-Reflection: To End A Cold, Damp Day
- The Man In The Mirror
- Two Journeys, One Life
- Keep You: Part Two
- Keep You: Part One
- The Demon In Me
- A River of Undying Flames
- Autumn Calls You Home
- These Walls, That Shadow, Those Memories and This Soul
- Meditation
- A Portal to My Mind
- At Peace With Goodbye
- The Starry Night
- Asylum of My Mind: A Beckoning to Darker Places
- My Heart in the Sun
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