Category: Empower Me

Not Sick Enough to Help, Too Broken to Keep: What Despair Sounds Like When Systems Fail

When someone says, “I’m too broken to be accepted,” they are not revealing a truth about themselves. They are reporting the cumulative impact of being unmet—by people, by institutions, by care models that confuse scarcity with triage and distance with professionalism.

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Understanding and Overcoming Attachment

De-criminalize attachment in your mind. Merely having an attachment isn’t a Failure, a Sin, or a Crime that needs to be punished.

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The TTB Team Reflects on 2025

We discussed what challenged us, what we learned from, what we hope to see in 2026. We talked about grief, recovery, dogs, family, changes, the changing landscape of our nation and our world.

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An Old Song for a New Year: Going into 2026 with a Silent Night

This year we do not sing to be louder than the past or braver than the future. Maybe we do not try to outrun who we were twelve months ago or audition a shinier self for the year ahead. Maybe we let the year turn without commentary. No vows shouted into the dark. No reinvention demanded at midnight. Just presence.

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Returning to Self

Returning to self is noticing both: feeling the steadiness inside and stepping into the self that faces the world with authenticity.

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