The Counterintuitive Guide to Life

How to Understand the Painbody and the Energetics of Emotional Flashbacks

Why your strongest emotional reactions may be echoes of trauma

Oct 10 • 

Sarah Chauncey

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The Most Miraculous Space Mission is Being Embodied on Earth

Welcome to the most biodiverse planet in the known universe

Oct 4 • 

Sarah Chauncey

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September 2025

Why Simplicity Isn't Stupid (and What Smart People Miss)

Plus, a tale of two Jim Carreys

Sep 28 • 

Sarah Chauncey

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June 2025

Nothing is What We Think

It had never occurred to me that there was anything the human mind was incapable of understanding

Jun 15 • 

Sarah Chauncey

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May 2025

How to Cope with Vulnerability Hangovers

What they are, why they arise, and how to recover (no greasy food required)

May 18 • 

Sarah Chauncey

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April 2025

Autism, Love, and Taxes: My Neurodivergent Response to RFK Jr.

Neurodivergent people aren't broken, but the culture's developmental delay is showing.

Apr 19 • 

Sarah Chauncey

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March 2025

Listening to the Quiet Voice Inside

Even when it tells you to move to a different city

Mar 12 • 

Sarah Chauncey

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January 2025

Today [Jan 20] is Just Another Day

Turn off the news, log out of social media and get outside

Jan 20 • 

Sarah Chauncey

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December 2024

Every Moment is the Start of a New Year

(Happy New Year, anyway!)

Dec 31, 2024 • 

Sarah Chauncey

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Winter's Wisdom: Slow Down and Rest

If you're feeling exhausted, it's not just you.

Dec 22, 2024 • 

Sarah Chauncey

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How to be an Effective Force for Good, part 2

Act from a place of responsiveness, not reactivity

Dec 1, 2024 • 

Sarah Chauncey

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November 2024

How to be an Effective Force for Good, part 1

Please don't feed the painbody.

Nov 16, 2024 • 

Sarah Chauncey

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