Elephant Journal

01/17/2026

Why I’m a Bleeding Heart Liberal Patriot:
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2023/03/why-im-a-liberal-patriot/

01/17/2026

Why I'm a Bleeding Heart Liberal: https://www.elephantjournal.com/2023/03/why-im-a-liberal-patriot/

01/17/2026

The Hidden Cost of Hyper-Independence: https://www.elephantjournal.com/2026/01/the-hidden-cost-of-hyper-independence-damini-grover/

01/17/2026

Make friends with your sweet self: elephantjournal.com/maitri

01/17/2026

America, right now. "Welcome to the Resistance: a Guide to Protesting Peacefully for Newcomers."
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2026/01/welcome-to-the-resistance-a-guide-to-protesting-peacefully-for-newcomers/

01/17/2026

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01/17/2026

"If we want fewer people blowing up their lives and hurting the people they love, we have to get better at noticing the early signs—loneliness without a name, connection thinning quietly, relief showing up in the wrong places."

A lot of people don’t know they’re lonely. They’re busy. Things look good from the outside. Sometimes really good. A new baby. A recent wedding. A promotion. Momentum.

01/17/2026

"For mindful activists, the answer lies in ethical resistance—not passive detachment, but engagement rooted in truth, compassion, & clarity." https://www.elephantjournal.com/2025/02/resisting-with-mindfulness-a-buddhist-guide-to-the-trump-era-stacey-acquavella/

01/16/2026

“I hope you realize that January isn’t the beginning and December isn’t the end. July isn’t the best month of the year and August is not your friend. I hope you love yourself—and life—every single day, every single month.”

Read it here 👉 https://elejrnl.com?p=4239157

01/16/2026

How to de-Stress: https://www.elephantjournal.com/2026/01/the-way-to-de-stress-is-not-to-avoid-stress-but-to-befriend-stress/ (from a Buddhist point of view)

01/16/2026

Perhaps you haven’t yet attended a protest in person. This article is for you 👉🏼 Link the comments!

01/16/2026

"Hyper-independence, on the other hand, is not empowerment. It is a trauma response rooted in fear. It is the response of a nervous system that learned early on that no one is coming, support will disappear, people can’t be trusted, help may not arrive, and that abandonment is a real possibility."

“I want to ask for help. I want someone to take care of me. But I can’t.” And that's not because you don’t want to or because you don’t know how. It's because something inside you