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Noticing what’s still beautiful, good, and true in the world. Because it’s there—if you have the eyes to see.

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An Ordinary Poppy Oct 23, 2020

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It’s okay to not be exceptional — really. Also, our metrics for success are really odd, and don’t forget about art.

How to Say Goodbye

Why You Don’t Need to Be Exceptional

Tall Poppy Syndrome

Shadow & Light

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Create Your Rule of Life

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Plants Oct 16, 2020

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We know they’re good for us, but why? And how? Tsh’s teen daughter Tate has discovered a new love for plants this year (thanks, quarantine), so she’s taking over the pod with this quick episode about how we can add more green to our life.

Tsh’s new book, Shadow & Light

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Create Your Rule of Life

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Your Good Things Oct 09, 2020

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Many of you call me often to tell me about something on your own good lists... Here's a collection of them.

Shadow & Light

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Create Your Rule of Life

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Love Your Creators Oct 02, 2020

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Because of this paradox about the internet: that it can be both a thing of beauty and a dumpster fire, we all have to do our individual parts to make it more of the first description: a place of needed connection, education, encouragement, and personal and communal growth, and much, much less of the latter. There's more than one way we can do this, but this episode is about one specific idea.

Shadow & Light

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Create Your Rule of Life (pay what you want)

Who Tsh supports on Patreon: Annie Jones’ From the Front Porch, Beth & Sarah’s Pantsuit Politics, The Catholic Traveler, Dear Hank and John

Who Tsh supports on Substack: David French’s The Dispatch, Claire Diaz-Ortiz’s Newsletter, Knox McCoy's Sectional Healing, Amber Haines’ Story Letters, Seth Haines’ The Examined Life, Circe Institute’s Forma Journal, Hank Green’s Pay Attention, Nicole Bennett’s Book is the Watchword, Mark Galli’s Galli Report, Jeff Chu’s Notes From a Make-Believe Farmer, Stephanie Smith’s Slant Letter, Michael Wear’s Reclaiming Hope, Anna Cordrea-Rado’s The Professional Freelancer, Sarah Bessey’s Field Notes, Erin Moon’s The Swipe Up, and Caroline TeSelle’s I’ll Be Witty Tomorrow

The Repair Shop, on Netflix

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Rereading Childhood Faves Sep 25, 2020

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Tsh talks with YA author Mitali Perkins about writing, reading, the pursuit of beauty and truth, and the magic of rereading childhood classics, especially when life feels uncertain.

Mitali Perkin's website

Mitali on Twitter & Facebook

Forward Me Back to You, by Mitali Perkins on Amazon & Bookshop

The Silver Chair, by C.S. Lewis on Amazon & Bookshop

Shadow & Light

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Create Your Rule of Life

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Go Gray Sep 18, 2020

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There are (at least) five good reasons to consider growing out your hair's natural color, as well as (at least) four good tips for making it something you love.

Shadow & Light

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Hair Butter

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Think Like a Homeschooler Sep 11, 2020

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It's helpful to adopt a homeschool mindset — even if you "do" school more traditionally. Here are four ways to think about education, especially during the pandemic (but anytime, really). If you think about it, we're all homeschooling right now, even if our kids go elsewhere to school.

Shadow & Light

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Create Your Rule of Life

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Leisure: The Basis of Culture, by Josef Pieper

Sarah Mackenzie, Andrew Kern, Christopher Perrin, Susan Wise Bauer

Episode 20: Loop Your School Schedule

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Embrace Your Foggy Unknown: Part 3 Sep 04, 2020

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Ultimately, what we do in our homes is usually overpowered by how our homes feel. And we have a whole lot of say in that — it's crucial to tap into that during unknown changes.

Shadow & Light

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Table Topics

Myquillyn Smith

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Embrace Your Foggy Unknown: Part 2 Aug 28, 2020

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When the structure for things like school and work feels non-existent, we can at least add scaffolding to the parts of our day we can (sorta) control. We have more say than we realize.

Shadow & Light

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Create Your Rule of Life

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Embrace Your Foggy Unknown: Part 1 Aug 21, 2020

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Our current season feels like a path covered by fog, with only the first few steps visible. But here's the thing: that's the way life always is, pandemic or not. Here's what to do about it.

Shadow & Light

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Create Your Rule of Life

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