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I'm back. It's the third week of September and honestly, it took a little longer than I planned to get here—but I'm glad I waited until I had something worth saying.

This episode is a bit of a ramble, a bit of a manifesto, and a lot of honesty. I spent the summer at the cabin, watched my brother get married for the first time in his 60s, took on some unexpected contract work, and quietly wrestled with whether I even wanted to come back to this podcast at all.

What brought me back? The truth. And the growing sense that not enough people are telling it.

I'll walk you through:

✅ Why I almost didn't come back—and what changed my mind

✅ Why "my truth" and "your truth" isn't a thing—and why one objective truth matters more than ever

✅ What's been deeply disturbing me about how younger couples are approaching children, family, and suffering

✅ Why suffering isn't something to be avoided, medicated away, or ended—and what it actually produces in us

✅ The MAID situation that genuinely shook me (a 17-year-old ski accident victim, offered assisted suicide without her parents knowing)

✅ Why children cancelling their parents is becoming a pattern I'm seeing more and more in my therapy room

✅ What I realized about productivity, purpose, and what it means to finally get paid by the hour

✅ What you can expect from the podcast this fall—more guests, more real conversations, more truth

This isn't a polished episode. There's no structure, no guest, and no water on the desk again. It's just me, getting back on here because some things need to be said out loud—and because Alison and Nancy told me they missed me.

🔔 Remember: We don't get to choose life or death—that's not in our job description as human beings. But we do get to choose how we move through suffering. And that choice changes everything.

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