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1 week ago | 
kirstenpowers.substack.com | Kirsten Powers
Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. The uber bestselling author, cultural force, and friend of Oprah, Glennon Doyle, did not receive a universally warm welcome when she recently arrived on Substack with a splash and immediate paywalls. While it's easy to write off the backlash that ensued as a silly online controversy, it's more than that. It’s a microcosm of what is happening in the broader culture.
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2 weeks ago | 
kirstenpowers.substack.com | Kirsten Powers
In a world where it can feel like we have no control over anything, this series focuses on the areas we do. Click here for the first entry. I would overthink everything and lived with a nagging feeling that no matter how well I did something, I could have done it better with a little more time or resources. No amount of praise could release me from this conviction. Living like this was a nightmare, even if I was completely unaware of this fact in real time.
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3 weeks ago | 
kirstenpowers.substack.com | Kirsten Powers
This is impossible to answer because there wasn't just one thing. There were many significant moments that served as turning points, which I outlined in my essay, The Way We Live in the United States is Not Normal. There was chronic stress, mass shootings, out-of-control cost of living, and difficulty in finding community because everyone was working all the time or recovering from that overwork.
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3 weeks ago | 
kirstenpowers.substack.com | Kirsten Powers
Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ today, believing he was crucified, died, buried, and rose again to atone for the sins of the world. Christianity is not the only religion with a resurrection narrative, probably because it's a potent metaphor about life.
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1 month ago | 
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Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -41:08Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In today’s conversation, I spoke with the amazing Richard Rohr about his latest book, The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom in an Age of Outrage.
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1 month ago | 
kirstenpowers.substack.com | Kirsten Powers
What would it be like to not have email? This is what I daydream about these days. It’s funny that imagining an existence without a nonstop bombardment of electronic messages now seems luxurious, when it was the norm for me up until around age 30. Email itself is not really the problem, per se. There are clearly good uses for it. The problem is how it is used in a culture that treats routine issues with a ridiculous level of urgency.
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1 month ago | 
kirstenpowers.substack.com | Kirsten Powers
Nostalgia for the 1970s and 1980s childhood is all over Instagram, and I'm here to tell you that it's just as great as advertised. This is not to say that it was perfect—of course, it wasn't.1 There's no such thing as perfect, but there are much better ways to live than the way we do today. I have Gen X friends who grew up in working or middle-class families in small towns and big cities and who are of different races and different religions.
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2 months ago | 
kirstenpowers.substack.com | Kirsten Powers
Rather than doing a monthly roundup, I’ve decided to just put one out when I have enough links and recommendations etc that I think readers will find interesting. Feel free to drop your links and recommendations in the comments. A soul care journey starting in Sicily ()
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2 months ago | 
kirstenpowers.substack.com | Kirsten Powers
Since purchasing property and starting the renovation process of a small Trullo in Italy, I hear from people all the time who are interested in doing something similar, whether in Italy or another country. I’ve learned a lot in the last year, and I want to share some tips so people can avoid my mistakes.
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2 months ago | 
kirstenpowers.substack.com | Kirsten Powers
I was scheduled to return to the US from Italy to visit my husband in the end of February, but my body wouldn’t physically allow me to depart this wonderful country to go back to the US, even for a visit. Since my husband was able to come and visit me in Italy, I tried to change my return ticket on United for later date. Even though the round-trip coach ticket already cost $1500, in order to rebook my ticket a minimum of an additional $500 was required, no matter the date.