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What we can and can’t offer you
Obviously, Anne and I don’t know everything. There are some mental health issues (e.g., OCD) with which we have no experience. We aren’t doctors and can’t prescribe medicine. And organizational structure, strategic planning, fundraising and grant applications, legal advice — not our areas or strengths. We strive to know what we don’t know; we won’t try to bullshit you when we can’t help.

​But we have experienced a lot and are happy to listen and chat about topics, including hating your boss / family / co-worker, career decisions, the tyranny of money, public speaking, utilitarianism vs deontology, a colicky baby, generalized anxiety or depression, how much to fear robots, and more!

As mentioned, we believe that every activist would be more effective 
— and thus the world a better place — if we were all happier, stronger, and more supported & resilient. We’​d like to help you on your journey.

PS: We won
’t use jargon. We don’t want to brag or show off. If we talk more than you do, we’ll donate to your cause instead!
Want to know a bit more, but not Losing My Religions more? Here ya go!
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Summary of how I got to One Step for Activists:
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  • Founding and working for a number of different nonprofits, following short careers in academia and as an engineer.
  • Professional missteps, mistakes, and misjudgments, as documented in Losing My Religions (see, for example, the “The End of Veganism” chapter). 
  • Mental health problems, including anxiety and especially depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder (again, discussed throughout Losing).​​
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  • A wildly successful marriage (no joke) and a relatively happy family of three.
  • Many changes of mind, including a recent and serious re-evaluation of my fundamental philosophy (“Biting the Philosophical Bullet” in Losing). This led directly to 1 Step 4 Activists.
  • A currently well-functioning antidepressant (through my primary-care physician) and a relatively long mindfulness practice (various chapters, including “The interesting life of an uninteresting person” in Losing).
  • A history of disappointment in counselors, going back to family therapy as a child and extending to 2021.
  • A surprisingly persistent history of people enjoying talking with me one-on-one, with many saying how much it has helped. 
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