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Harry Chapin's America By Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post The first time I can remember musicians campaigning for a political candidate, the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary were in a small park in Indianapolis on behalf of Lyndon Johnson. I remember they sa…
Director of Nomadland Salutes Compassion By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post Our favorite spiritual film of 2020 is Nomadland which we summed up as "the remarkable odyssey of a feisty woman who finds community and her true self in her home on the road."
Gratitude to Robert Bly By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post Robert Bly, who died November 21, 2021, at the age of 94, had a tremendous impact on our spiritual lives and, we suspect, on the spiritual journeys of many of our website visitors. Here's a profile …
Dealing with Both Sides of Boredom By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post Boredom is like a fog that periodically moves in and drenches everything with a mist; it becomes hard to see clearly. Sam Keen calls boredom "the common cold of the psyche" whereas many psychologist…
Dealing with Resilience Fatigue By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post In a Wall Street Journal article dated February1, 2022, "Still Feeling Pandemic Miserable? There Are Ways to Dig Out," Alex Janin takes a cogent look at the findings of the General Social Survey con…
Cultivating Resilience By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post One of the pivotal goals of holistic health care is cultivating resilience, the ability to absorb change and to bounce back from setbacks, disappointments, and failures. In an article in The Harvard…
Comedians as Today's Prophets By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post In an article titled "How Comedians Become Public Intellectuals" in The Atlantic, Megan Garber contends that there is a difference between the comedians we used to see on TV, who treated jokes as an…
Bottled Water or Tap Water? By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post In an ethically revealing article from Truthout.org, Adam Hudson presents a hard-hitting overview of the battle raging between the U.S. National Parks and the bottled water industry (Nestle's Arrowh…
Bob Dylan Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post Bob Dylan has always impressed us with the lyrics to his songs. From his beginnings as a folk singer in 1961, he mixed folk songs with protest ballads. Critics have been amazed by the different styl…
Becoming More Empathetic By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post We certainly can use more empathy in a world where national polls have shown an increase in narcissism (self-interest) and a decline in concern about the well-being of others. In an article in Yes M…

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