Making Failure Okay
A couple of years ago, Jennifer, my husband and I took our kids to a ropes course called Adirondack Extreme. It is described as an…
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Making Failure Okay
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Another Lion Story (actually two!)
Another Lion Story (actually two!)
A startling video on YouTube made the rounds a few years back, about a lion named Christian and the two men who had raised him….
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Fenrir: Big, Bad Wolf
Fenrir: Big, Bad Wolf
A few weeks ago I wrote about trickster tales, and the importance of reclaiming intellectual courage from the stigma of trickery. The tradition of the…
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Discourage/Encourage: What’s a Parent To Do?
Discourage/Encourage: What’s a Parent To Do?
Copyright Brian Dunne, Dreamstime.com It turns out that raising courageous kids has a lot to do with knowing when to push them to face a…
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What is Spiritual Courage?
What is Spiritual Courage?
Compiled and written by Lisa and Jennifer: This will be the sixth in the “Six Types of Courage” that we will explore in-depth. We hope you’ve already had the chance…
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Courage as an Antidote to Fear
Courage as an Antidote to Fear
The difference between the diminished individual, wistfully yearning toward full humanness but never quite daring to make it, versus the unleashed individual, growing well toward…
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