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The Journey Matters as Much as the Destination
How my kid taught me a precious lesson about staying present and awake to the path, instead of fixated on outcome, particularly when the path gets hard…
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Alis Anagnostakis, PhD
When Terror Takes the Stage: Facing Fallback in a World on Fire
A personal reckoning with fear, responsibility, and the developmental demand to stand up even when falling silent feels safer.
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Valerie Livesay, PhD
The Shape of Letting Go
When we said farewell after the Growing Through Loss webinar, we knew the conversation wouldn’t end when the call did.
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Valerie Livesay, PhD
Whispers from the Ghost Light: On Slow Learning and Falling Back
A reflection for Fallback Day — and for the slow learning that shapes us all.
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Valerie Livesay, PhD
Raising Kids or Raising Ourselves?
Where does the Child within us end and and the Grown-Up begin? And how can our own kids become mirrors in which we can truly see ourselves and gauge how…
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Alis Anagnostakis, PhD
How Raising Humans has Grown Me
Around about the time I started growing my first child, I was studying how we adults continue to grow throughout our lifespan.
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Valerie Livesay, PhD
Testing the waters, gently
These are not conclusions, they’re seedlings—shared so we can notice together what wants to grow.
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Valerie Livesay, PhD
The Birth of "Growing Humans"
Alis and Valerie share how this podcast and the broader 'Growing Humans' space was born, in service of all adults doing one of the hardest jobs in the…
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Alis Anagnostakis, PhD
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Valerie Livesay, PhD
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You are Only in Charge of You
How recognizing this truth allows us to connect more fully with our intentions for how we show up.
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Valerie Livesay, PhD
🏛 What Remains After the Ruin
Fieldnotes from our Growing Through Loss gathering — October 8, 2025
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Valerie Livesay, PhD
Rehearsing for Summer
...still
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Valerie Livesay, PhD
A Small Shift, a Bigger Lesson
Still tending the soil to see what wishes to grow.
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Valerie Livesay, PhD
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