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Divorce isn't an end; it's a different beginning.
Falling Between Every System
Modern social systems are often described as safety nets. Employment law protects workers. Healthcare programs provide treatment. Disability benefits replace lost income. Unemployment insurance bridges job loss. Each system is presented as a safeguard designed to catch people when life disrupts their ability to function normally. Yet for many people living with disability, chronic illness, or injury, the lived experience is the opposite. Rather than forming a net, these systems stack vertically, each with its own eligibility rules, thresholds, and assumptions. Instead of catching the fall, they create gaps. People do not slip through because they failed to try. They fall because the systems were never designed to align.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcastabout 10 hours ago in Humans
Roots and Fruit
Roots and Fruit Photo by Lukáš Kulla on Unsplash Most people evaluate life by what shows. Results, behavior, success, failure, growth, collapse. Fruit is easier to measure than roots, so it becomes the focus almost by default. When something goes wrong, attention rushes to what is visible and immediate. When something goes right, credit is assigned to the most recent action. But this way of seeing consistently misreads causality. Fruit is never the beginning of the story. It is the result of something that has been growing quietly, often unnoticed, for a long time.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast7 days ago in Humans
The 3 Real Reasons Relationships Drift Into Infidelity
You know, in case you are reading this, you have been cheated on, or you are too scared of being cheated on. That nauseating combination of betrayal, confusion, and "why me" strikes a blow—I understand, as I have sat opposite couples who were weeping, trying to put together what had gone wrong.
By Tarek Rakhiess9 days ago in Humans
The Quiet Weight of True Connection
In the age of instant notifications, screen-facilitated encounters and conversations fragmented by algorithms, a gentle yet persistent question arises: have we forgotten true connection? Not technical connection — constant and seamless but the kind that links two consciousnesses in an invisible space made of presence, listening, and vulnerability.
By Baptiste Monnet9 days ago in Humans
Problem-Solving Tips To Overcome Rejection And Dating Setbacks
Rejection is among the worst in dating experiences and yet this is something that can be very insightful. Single people can use rejection as a form of information instead of seeing it as a personal failure. Not all these connections are to be. and dissimilarity of values, times, or even readiness of emotions, often take a greater part than personal failure.
By Grace Smith10 days ago in Humans
Do You Have High Self-Esteem or Are You Just Arrogant?
You think you are confident. You walk into a room. You hold your head high. You speak your mind. People notice you. Some admire you. Others roll their eyes. And maybe deep down, you are proud of the way you carry yourself.
By Eunice Kamau11 days ago in Humans
