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“Three Legs of the Same Stool”
How journalist Daisy Hernández finds refuge in her practice, her work, and bringing the two together
Daisy Hernández
Daisy Hernández is the author of The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease, coming June 2021 from Tin House Books. She is also the author of A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir and coeditor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism. She is an assistant professor at Miami University in Ohio.
The Joy of Joy
Why delight in others’ happiness—mudita—matters now
The World Is Here In My Spine
A practitioner takes refuge in posture and finds relief in focusing on the simple, familiar act of sitting upright in difficult times.
The Noble Abode of Equanimity
On not getting swept up in the political storm
Learning to Speak the Truth
A daughter faces her fears and speaks the truth about her mother's once undocumented status.
Finding Refuge in a Time of War
This election cycle had been a condensed version of everything Daisy Hernández learned to fear as a child of immigrants. The difference now is that she has a community.
A Second Arrow Story
Overcoming the tales we tell ourselves about physical pain
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