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The Still Point Before 2026: What we hold with devotion and what we release
For me, the time between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day is always a little less guarded.
 • Anne Bahr Thompson
Seven Cultural Currents Shaping 2026: The Post-Performative Tipping Point
As I observed cultural shifts over the past year, I kept finding myself returning to the same thought: what we’re calling “new” is often germinating…
 • Anne Bahr Thompson
From Outliers to Anomalies: AI, Purpose and the Practice of Collective Intelligence
Throughout 2025, I have found myself in very different rooms that strangely echo and build upon one another.
 • Anne Bahr Thompson
Thanksgiving on Thursday: What are we really pausing for?
Once, shared pauses were built into the rhythm of life. Today, a Thursday Thanksgiving reveals how fractured time has become—and how our rituals of…
 • Anne Bahr Thompson
The Patient Alchemy of Time
As autumn leans into winter, the sunpatiens in my flower beds collapsed almost overnight with the first hard frost, their bright petals disappearing as…
 • Anne Bahr Thompson
Memory, Violence, and the Red Thread
Memory is a living thing. Twenty-four years on, 9/11 asks not only what we recall, but who we choose to be now, together. This piece is an invitation to…
 • Anne Bahr Thompson
The Weight and Grace of Responsibility
We’ve been taught to carry everything — our work, our family, our commitments — even when we’re depleted. But what if responsibility isn’t meant to be a…
 • Anne Bahr Thompson
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