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Read more about the article What If We Choose a Different Way?
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What If We Choose a Different Way?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 17, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Healing
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We live in a culture that values: Productivity over people Intellect over empathy Individual over community Competition over compassion Invincibility over vulnerability Isolated achievement over mutual giving and receiving Control…

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Read more about the article Meritocracy Is the Antithesis to Love | Plough Essay

Meritocracy Is the Antithesis to Love | Plough Essay

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 2, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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Meritocracy is the antithesis to love.  I first wrote those words almost two years ago, when we were traveling cross-country and we were taking regular hikes as a family. On…

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Read more about the article AJB Recommends: Learning About Uncoupling Dignity From Achievement

AJB Recommends: Learning About Uncoupling Dignity From Achievement

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:June 11, 2021
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Disability/Down Syndrome
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“I want to sever the connection between dignity and accomplishment altogether.” So says Justin Hawkins on The Lucky Few Podcast last week. Uncoupling Dignity from Achievement Even as a mother…

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Read more about the article Finding Freedom From the Condemnation of Comparison

Finding Freedom From the Condemnation of Comparison

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 2, 2020
  • Post category:Faith/Parenting/Speaking/Writing
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A few weeks ago, I found myself in a swirl of self-righteousness and self-condemnation and comparison. It happened like this. I was heading into my sister’s wedding, and I started…

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Read more about the article S3 E10 | Anxiety, Affluence, and Identity with Niro Feliciano

S3 E10 | Anxiety, Affluence, and Identity with Niro Feliciano

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 1, 2020
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Parenting/Podcast/Privilege and Race
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In an achievement-oriented culture, how do we risk vulnerability in order to move toward personal and racial healing? Cognitive therapist Niro Feliciano talks with Amy Julia about the complexities of…

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