An Accidental "Sabbatical" and Majesty

Plus my holiday wishes for you.

Dec 24, 2025 • Alexander Lovell, PhD

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The Beginning Middle

What happens when past, present, and future collide in the middle of Trolley Square on Black Friday

Dec 3, 2025 • Alexander Lovell, PhD

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November 2025

This Is Not How Gratitude Works

I’m learning to thank three people. One of them doesn’t exist yet.

Nov 25, 2025 • Alexander Lovell, PhD

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The Tree That Was Finally Tall Enough

On high ceilings, eight-foot trees, and finally having room for what I actually want

Nov 18, 2025 • Alexander Lovell, PhD

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Someone’s at the door, and I have no idea how to let them in

Looking back at twelve years of marriage and every friendship that drifted, I'm finally seeing the pattern.

Nov 11, 2025 • Alexander Lovell, PhD

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The Yoga Therapist Who Couldn’t Practice

On rebuilding a self that could hold itself

Nov 4, 2025 • Alexander Lovell, PhD

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October 2025

I Fled and Chose at the Same Time

After my divorce, I didn’t just leave the house, I left the entire city for a place I’d always wanted

Oct 28, 2025 • Alexander Lovell, PhD

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The Teachers We Didn't Expect

Life As We See It: On presence, grief, and the wisdom we almost missed

Oct 21, 2025 • Alexander Lovell, PhD and Nancy E. Holroyd, RN

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The House That Held Me While I Broke

Sometimes the spaces that hold us have to leave so we learn to hold ourselves.

Oct 17, 2025 • Alexander Lovell, PhD

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The Four-Year Conversation We Never Had

I knew for four years that my marriage was over. So did he. We just never said it out loud.

Oct 10, 2025 • Alexander Lovell, PhD

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September 2025

5 Ways Trying To Control Aliveness Actually Destroys It

A month of noticing how control smothers aliveness, and what happens in the space between almost and yes

Sep 30, 2025 • Alexander Lovell, PhD

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I Almost Walked Past Him (and why that matters)

How the smallest interruptions of our automatic responses create the biggest cultural shifts

Sep 23, 2025 • Alexander Lovell, PhD

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