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Activist Philosophy & Reflection
How to Sustain Your Activism: What Grace Lee Boggs Would Have Taught Us
Liberation Theory: a Working Framework
Not All Politics Is Identity Politics
20 Principles for Successful Community Organizing
The Trifecta of Civil Resistance: Unity, Planning, Discipline
Guidelines for Alliance-Building: Working Assumptions for Winning Allies and Being an Effective Ally
“Basic Training” for Spiritual Warriors
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently
Why I've Started to Fear My Fellow Social Justice Activists
Juneteenth: Praise the Lorde, Audre Lorde
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
What Is My Activism Really About? to Love, Serve and Remember
No Impact Man's Guide to Activism
Hey Progressives, Can We Stop Using the Tools of Social Justice to Tear One Another Down?
Towards a Perspective on Eliminating Racism: 12 Working Assumptions
9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible
The Problem with Wokeness | Ayishat Akanbi
The Polarization Trap
How to Disagree
Blocking Awareness and Defriending Our Way Into Group Think
There Is No One Right Way to Be an Activist
Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change (2015)
How To (Not) Change Minds On The Internet
What Makes Call-Out Culture So Toxic
The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: the Ultimate Guide to Love-Centered Activism
One "Piece of the Oppressor" That I Have Discovered Within Myself
The Trap of Righteousness
How to Resist From a Place of Love: Self-Care for the Long Haul
The Left's Self-Destructive Obsession with Shame
Standing Rock Wisdom: How Sacred, Nonviolent Activism Has the Power to Succeed
Are You Tired of the Social Justice Outrage Machine?
Why Allies Are Welcome to Criticise Social Movements
The Problem With Judgement
Fighting with Non-Violence | Scilla Elworthy
5 Reasons to Build a Network of Small Groups, Rather Than a Mass Movement of Individuals
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Emotional Literacy
How Faux-Feelings Are Sabotaging Your Communication Efforts
Core Nonviolence Commitments
The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh
Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success
4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Speaking Up (or Listening)
The Myth of Positivity: Why Your Pain Holds a Mighty Purpose
Increasing Your Capacity to Feel
The Ultimate Romance Begins From the Love We Show Our Selves
Thich Nhat Hanh - Being Love: Teachings to Cultivate Awareness and Intimacy
A Healthy Way to Embrace Big Emotions: Take It to the Trees
The Neurochemistry Of Empathy, Explained With Claymation
Let Yourself Grieve
How Cynicism Masks Pain
No, You Don't Have to Admit You're Wrong to Apologize (And Other Apology Myths Debunked)
Stress: It's Not in Your Head, It's in Your Nervous System
It Didn't Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are
Join the Empathy Revolution!
The Steps Toward Self Empowerment
Dealing With Painful Emotions
Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)
6 Simple Self-Compassion Exercises
Brené Brown on How to Reckon with Emotion and Change Your Narrative
Why Are so Many Adults Today Haunted by Trauma?
11 Traits of People With High Emotional Intelligence
Empathy: Why It's Important, Why We Should Nurture It in Our Kids
Healing Our Collective Trauma: The Key to Creating a Society Based on Trust Rather Than Fear
Women Are Better at Expressing Emotions, Right? Why It's Not That Simple
If You Do Not Transform Your Pain, You Will Transmit It
Thich Nhat Hanh on Loosening the Knots of Anger
Depression Is a Disease of Civilization: Hunter-Gatherers Hold the Key to the Cure
What Is Emotional Intelligence and Why is it Important?
Harnessing Pain and Burning It as Fuel for the Revolution
An Indigenous Approach to Healing Trauma
Masculinity is Killing Men: The Roots of Men and Trauma
Self-Esteem Might Boost Our Egos, But Self-Compassion Opens Our Hearts
Control is a Trap
The Demoralized Mind
The Great Grief: How to Cope With Losing Our World
The Important Difference Between Love and Being Loved
How Mindfulness Empowers Us
"I Love Being a Woman" - What Will It Take to Create a World Where Every Woman Can Say This?
The Root Cause of Addiction
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
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