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Joel Whitaker

Joel comes from an interfaith household and writes about practices that hold up across traditions without flattening the differences between them. He is careful about claims, generous with worked examples, and honest when a practice did not deliver what was promised.

Faith and mindfulness writer, page 5 of 8

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