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Originally published November 14, 2011.  We all live the in-between life where we move between beauty and ashes, again and again. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stephen-matlock4/message

Originally published July 24, 2011.  It seems to be a perfectly reasonable statement that you always act solely upon what you believe and value. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stephen-matlock4/message

Originally published June 13, 2011. We will always need that sense of being connected and that sense of knowing that someone sees us, recognizes us, and finds us valuable. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stephen-matlock4/message

Originally published April 26, 2011. Have you ever walked into a movie halfway and then spent the rest of the movie trying to figure out what it all means? It makes for a challenging viewing experience—you don’t really know the characters, and you have to guess why people do what they do. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stephen-matlock4/message

Originally published April 4, 2011. Have you ever done all the right things, checked all the boxes, filled out all the forms, signed on the dotted line – and still experienced disaster? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stephen-matlock4/message

Originally published February 8, 2011. How come I can want to do the right thing and be, inside myself, a good person, but both the outside and the inside are broken? How can the universe display such beauty and at the same time such brutality? Or shorter, why do the Seahawks sometimes get such terrible referees? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stephen-matlock4/message

Originally published February 5, 2010. I lost a friend to an act of self-harm. There is still an empty chair. Thinking that we're strong can break us.  Knowing that we're weak can bring healing. Find the people who bring you life and healing, and love them. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stephen-matlock4/message

What it is we do here, and what we hope to accomplish. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stephen-matlock4/message