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  1. Cultivating Spiritual Community

    March 2nd, 2023 by Alexis Obernauer | Issue 26: Spirituality and Reintegration, The Search for the Higher Path |

    Third Factor’s spiritual director, Alexis Obernauer, tells us how her own spiritual journey enabled her to reintegrate and why she’s co-leading a community here that she hopes will help others to do the same.

  2. When You’re Maladjusted to Maladjustment

    February 1st, 2023 by Margo Margan | Issue 25, Positive Disintegration |

    How could anyone possibly be maladjusted to a school that’s all about “being yourself?”

  3. Intergenerational Friendship: Views from Both Sides

    February 1st, 2023 by Maxwell Olin Massa | Finding Your Tribe, Issue 25 |

    Max’s older friends stood out in memories from his twenties, but only once he reached his forties did he realize how important cross-age friendship truly is—to both parties.

  4. The Phoenix Rises: New Site, New Groups, and Soon, a New Podcast!

    February 1st, 2023 by Jessie Mannisto | Imagination, Issue 25 |

    There’s so, so much going on over here!

  5. Why Debate? The Personal Benefits of Intellectual Engagement

    October 11th, 2022 by Jessie Mannisto | Issue 24: Courage in Conversation, The Life of the Mind |

    In this age of social media, “debate” too often brings to mind trolls on Twitter. But just because it can be hard to find, we shouldn’t forget that there’s a higher form of debate, and that engaging in it can help us harness and channel our intensities.

  6. Toward an Empowered Humanity

    October 11th, 2022 by Jason Littlefield | Issue 24: Courage in Conversation, The Search for the Higher Path |

    Jason Littlefield put it all on the line to save everything important to him.

    This is the story of how he rebelled against a dehumanizing culture and lost everything—and how he’s rebounded to fight the ideological colonization of our minds.

  7. Abstract Intensity in the Ideological Classroom

    October 11th, 2022 by Marie | Issue 24: Courage in Conversation, The Life of the Mind, The Search for the Higher Path |

    Marie loved helping her abstract intense students hone their ability to question and reason in pursuit of a better world. Then a new political trend hit, making school less friendly to questioners than she’s ever seen it.

  8. Reframing My Struggles with ADHD

    August 29th, 2022 by Christina Waggaman | Issue 23: Counterpoints on Diagnosis Culture, Positive Disintegration, The Search for the Higher Path |

    Christina Waggaman was diagnosed with ADHD in high school. But there was more to her psychologist’s evaluation that didn’t interest her–until she started to run into the limits of that diagnostic frame.

  9. Dear Autism: When a Label Is Wrong

    August 29th, 2022 by Margo Margan | Finding Your Tribe, Issue 23: Counterpoints on Diagnosis Culture, The Life of the Mind |

    Margo Margan was diagnosed with autism when she was seven years old, in an effort to make her eligible for some extra services.

    But, as it took her years of struggle to realize, she never needed those services in the first place.

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