A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “The land knows you, even when you are lost.” — Robin Wall Kimmerer
Unlearning can feel like being lost. This points to another kind of knowing — one that doesn’t require clarity or control. Even when our frameworks fall away, relationship hasn’t.
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#RobinWallKimmerer #DustyDimmerSwitch #LandConnection
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." ― Frédéric Bastiat
Extraction doesn’t always feel violent.
Sometimes it becomes lawful, moral, ordinary. This is why it matters to notice what we’ve absorbed as normal, and to create a little pause before reacting.
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#FredericBastiat #DustyDimmerSwitch #SystemsThinking
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” — Mary Anne Radmacher
Courage doesn’t have to roar.
Sometimes it’s the choice to stop pushing, let the day end unfinished, and leave room for tomorrow. The Dusty Dimmer Switch honours this quieter strength — staying present without escalation.
#MaryAnneRadmacher #DustyDimmerSwitch #QuietCourage
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It’s our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.” — Brené Brown
Darkness doesn’t erase what matters.
Fear is what narrows the field — tightening joy, flattening feeling. The Dusty Dimmer Switch invites a different posture: staying with intensity without trying to banish it.
#BrenéBrown #DustyDimmerSwitch #EmotionalRange
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “You do not need fixing … trust that pain is not a crisis of interiority, but a public knowing, a shared feeling … you are not alone.” — Báyò Akómoláfé
Not all pain points to personal failure.
It can be understood as shared information — shaped by collective conditions. In the spirit of the Dusty Dimmer Switch, the work here is easing intensity without fixing, and remembering we’re not alone.
#BáyòAkómoláfé #DustyDimmerSwitch #CollectiveCare
This week’s anchor isn’t about shutting feelings down.
It’s about learning the slow craft of turning the dial — noticing, pausing, loosening. Wisdom doesn’t erase intensity. It introduces space inside it.
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#DustyDimmerSwitch #NervousSystemCare
