By Katy Koontz — 2019
Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber is a pastor in punk rock clothing. She’s covered in tattoos, has the biceps of a bodybuilder, and swears like a sailor.
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After moving from North Dakota to New York, I learned a few things about culture shift.
The process to uncover your purpose after a career in military service takes great introspection.
Our treatment of troops returning from combat has led to a culture of permanent disability. They deserve better.
The departure of young people from the churches, once the bedrock of Korean culture and identity in America, marks a significant social shift.
Sherrie D’Souza was ostracised when she left the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith after four decades. She is now part of a group helping other ex-believers make sense of the “madness”.
You can find plenty of practical information out there about pregnancy and parenting, but what about the emotional rollercoaster and identity shift that occurs for many women and their partners when they have a child?
“Do everything you can to stay in touch,” says Janja Lalich, a sociology professor and consultant who studies cults and coercive influence and control.
I do not deny that positive experiences occur in a cult context, but what is of interest for me is the interactional dynamic found in cults that brings moral human beings to occasionally engage in insidious or demeaning behaviors, or sometimes just the plain incomprehensible.
Thanks to longer, healthier lives, human beings face more life transitions than ever before. No matter what age or stage you’re at, transitioning is a skill to work on.
A doctor shares effective ways to thrive during change with a combination of science and ancient wisdom viewed through the lens of a personal journey.