The PEACE Blog

Promoting Empathy, Acceptance, & Compassion for Everyone

A blog and story sharing community, by Danny Firestone

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Conflict

Disrespect or Disagreement?

Disagreement is conflict. And conflict activates the nervous system. For many men, this process is intensified by the way they were raised. In environments where

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The Kids Aren’t Alright

For most of my career as a therapist, my work has been about empowerment. Helping people find their voice, trust their perceptions, set boundaries, and

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Why are you crying?

A client asked me once, mid-session, “Why are you crying?”  I wasn’t expecting it. But I wasn’t going to pretend it wasn’t happening.  “Because someone

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The Evolution of Masculinity

There is a lot of discussion today about “toxic masculinity.” While some men have a more nuanced understanding of that phrase, many of the men

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Why Do We Destroy Our Idols?

We destroy our idols by refusing to let them have boundaries. At the beginning, there is admiration. Talent, presence, something that moves us. As that

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Faces of Death

We’ve created a world where children can access anything, at any time, in complete isolation. There is no filter, no pacing, no adult presence to help make sense of what they’re seeing. Just repeated, uncontained exposure.

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The F Word

At the beginning of therapy, particularly when an adolescent is involved, I tell clients something that often surprises them. I let them know that if

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Acceptance

Friday Night Bread Toss 

Every Friday night, it was the same scene.  My father would say the blessing over the bread. A quiet moment. Ritual. Tradition.  Then, instead of

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Compassion

Martyr or Model

He was sixteen and a half when I met him. He had been sent to Canada from Syria to live with his mother. His father

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Compassion

The End Game

Love is the end game of life. Or Joy, Or Peace. There are many different words we use to describe the experience I am referring

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Acceptance

The Naked Emperor

The truth will set you free. Or so they say. They also say the truth hurts. Regardless of what the truth does to us, it

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Compassion

The Blame Game

We all have a sense of who we are. What kind of person we are. This is commonly referred to as the “ego”. There are

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