Before You Had a Self to Protect

Why your reactions arrive before your reason does

Jul 7 • Lloyd Taylor

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June 2026

The Second Conversation

The sun has been up for an hour.

Jun 23 • Lloyd Taylor

The Apology Didn't Work

Marcus is in the Tuesday standup when it happens.

Jun 9 • Lloyd Taylor

May 2026

Who You're Becoming

Identity isn't discovered. It's rehearsed

May 26 • Lloyd Taylor

The Thing That Doesn't Want to Be Seen

I’m sitting here trying to write an opening for this article.

May 13 • Lloyd Taylor

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April 2026

The Kindly Manipulators

Fear, shame, and guilt aren’t about development. They’re about control.

Apr 28 • Lloyd Taylor

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The Space Between

Presence begins where reflex ends

Apr 16 • Lloyd Taylor

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The Root of All Evil

The mechanism behind every atrocity. Including the quiet ones.

Apr 2 • Lloyd Taylor

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March 2026

Climbing the Ladder Too Fast

How Interpretation turns signal into conflict

Mar 19 • Lloyd Taylor

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The Moment You Stop Pretending

The joy and pain of being fully seen

Mar 5 • Lloyd Taylor

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February 2026

The Gift Hidden in Pain

Most suffering begins with misinterpretation

Feb 20 • Lloyd Taylor

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The Flow of Nature

My quiet, contemplative walk through the woods is suddenly derailed by the sight of a dead branch hanging on to two small shoots growing from the branch…

Feb 6 • Lloyd Taylor

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