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What Do You Get To Do Today?

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  I am awake, I am alive, and this morning I am reminded that today there is nothing I have to do, yet a whole lot of things I get to do … Today, I get to workout – to crank my fav tunes, to feel STRONG as I push weights, to feel YOUNG as […]

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Throwing Rocks

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  I am awake, I am alive, and today … I get to throw rocks. One little conversational rock, to cause a ripple in the way that my participants have thought about history, Indigenous people, or themselves up until now. Then another little rock, to cause a wave in how they perceive the present world […]

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We All Want “It”

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  I am awake, I alive, and today I am considering “it”. After all, I believe we all want “it” in some form or another and before you go crawling into the gutter, by “it” I mean success. We want to be successful in our careers, successful in our relationships, successful in parenting or whatever […]

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The Indigenous Cold

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  I am awake, I am alive, and this morning, as my internal dialogue debates whether I am coming down with a cold or not, I am reminded of another type of cold – the Indigenous Cold. The metaphor is one I use to explain the look and feel of internalized oppression for those observing […]

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