How to Apply the Navigating Courage Framework The past year has been trying. The raging system continues to cause physical, mental, and psychological harm—especially for those of us who still believe in humanity. Watching that harm unfold, again and again, has left many of us carrying a quiet despair. And the dangerous part is this: despair doesn’t always announce itself loudly. Often, as we navigate the path of Courage, despair seeps so deeply into our souls that we become unaware of its...

I write about  CouRage  because in systems fueled by rage, those of us who still believe in humanity often find ourselves in distress—sometimes even in denial—of the evil that exists within and around us. Our hearts, our bodies, and our souls cry out. When that happens, many of us are reduced to debilitating fear. We look away from the carnage around us, clinging to whatever real or imagined protections we believe might save us. But it is in that retreat—into safety, comfort, denial—that...

As the holidays approach and we gather with family and friends, I invite you to spend some quiet time with a book that tells the truth about love—especially the complicated kind. Navigating Love: A Memoir of Rage, Courage, and Humanity  explores what it really takes to navigate family relationships—the ones we’re told should be easy, sacred, and unconditional… but rarely are. In the book, I write: “Family is never neatly wrapped up. It is the one area of life that requires a high degree of...