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The Softness of Metal
It was a three-week stint of make-outs, music, and not much else. But it meant more than he knew
Steve Schwartzberg’s journey from Harvard psychologist to erotic healer, Buddhist and teacher was always haunted by death. Then he was diagnosed with terminal cancer
Two decades of anorexia obscured who I was beneath my sickness. Then a stranger saw me
Living with chronic pain has taught me that pain is boring for others and that our bodies are fragile containers for life
After losing my father, I felt the guilt and regret that burden many other bereaved people – and found a way to carry them
As a hospital chaplain, I watched lives end, faiths fracture and certainties crumble. My job was holding hands in the dark
In the therapy room, I’ve seen how rethinking what we are – and what it means to ‘be dead’ – can lighten our fears
After my brother Chris died by suicide, my other brother Dave tried to kill me. Here’s how I survived