Author: jdheiman
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The Obstacle Is the Way
March 2026 “This obstacle – this frustrating, unfortunate, problematic, unexpected problem preventing you from doing what you want to do …. What if it wasn’t so bad?” Ryan Holiday, in his 2025 book about the ancient philosophy of Stoicism, poses this question. The adjectives strike me, one after the other … Frustrating, unfortunate, problematic, unexpected,…
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Embracing the Shadow (The Beauty in the Beast)
Sometimes, I wonder if I was given Philip as a way to gain access to my shadow. Living with his larger-than-life personality, the parts of me that my upbringing had taught me to repress were activated. In response to his stubbornness, I dug in my heels. His need to be in control prompted latent rebelliousness.…
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