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Joni Miller

@jonimillerphd.bsky.social

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Spiritual wanderer and guide * Marylander and Michigander * Dog lover and cat lover in equal proportions

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Reclaiming political power also means reclaiming our personal agency. Fear contracts us and can be immobilizing. But positive emotions - joy, compassion, beauty, love - can mobilize us to create a better world. With Christy Johnson @inspirevideo.bsky.social

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Reclaiming Power: Ep 14 of Evolving Democracy

Unity, Agency, and the Courage to Imagine Something Better

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Powered by Inner Authority: Ep 10, Evolving Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Authoritarianism depends on us feeling powerless. We don't need to see the whole picture; we just need the courage to take our next right step. Let's turn love into action. Together @inspirevideo.bsky.social

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Powered by Inner Authority: Ep 10, Evolving Democracy

Finding your footing when everything feels uncertain

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Every decision we make—how we spend our money, where we invest our time, what we choose to support—is an opportunity to ask one simple question: Does this move the world toward love, kindness, and justice? with Christy Johnson @inspirevideo.bsky.social

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

What if "politics" is simply how we live together? Most of us think politics is about elections and government. But there's another definition that's much broader—and it changes how we think about our everyday lives. with Christy Johnson @inspirevideo.bsky.social #Democracy #Community #Values

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Are You Sure You're Not "Doing" Politics? You may be shaping society more than you realize. Every time you mentor someone, support a cause, or choose where to spend your money, you're helping shape the society we all live in. #Democracy #Values #Community w Christy Johnson @inspirevideo.bsky.social

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Ep 91: When Hope Disappears open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... What if the question isn't "How do I get hope back?" but "Who do I want to be while hope is absent?" I can't always find hope, but I can still choose to act with love.

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Ep 91: When Hope Disappears

What remains when you can't find hope?

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Audacious Activism: Ep 7 of Evolving Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... The world changes because ordinary people decide to do one brave thing they never imagined themselves doing. Live with Christy Johnson @inspirevideo.bsky.social Join us every Friday at 11 am, eastern!

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Audacious Activism: Ep 7 of Evolving Democracy

The most powerful activism might not look political at all

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Ep 89: The Villain's Secret open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... What do Bond villains, ancient myths, and modern superheroes have in common? They may all be trying to teach us the same lesson about what can—and cannot—make us whole.

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Ep 89: The Villain's Secret

What stories teach us about the things that can never make us whole

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Political Rest Stop #1: Ep 5 of Evolving Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... The future won't be built by exhausted people. Here's how we keep going on this marathon. Remember - democracy needs more than outrage. It needs endurance. With Christy Johnson @inspirevideo.bsky.social

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Political Rest Stop #1: Ep 5 of Evolving Democracy

Democracy needs more than outrage. It needs endurance.

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Ep 88: What If I'm Wrong? open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Harm is easy to recognize when it comes from malice and harder to recognize when it comes wrapped in conviction. Once we're convinced God is on the side of our belief, we stop paying attention to the consequences. But what if we're wrong?

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Ep 88: What If I'm Wrong?

Looking beyond who's right to what our beliefs produce

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Bring Outlaws In: Ep 4 of Evolving Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Democracy depends on one simple idea: the law applies to everyone. What happens when it doesn't?

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Bring Outlaws In: Ep 4 of Evolving Democracy

What happens when some people are denied the protection of the law while others act as if they're above it?

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Hocus Focus: Ep 3 of Evolving Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... The battle for democracy isn't only about laws and elections. It's also about whether we remember the humanity of people we've been taught to see as "other." with Christy Johnson @inspirevideo.bsky.social

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Hocus Focus: Ep 3 of Evolving Democracy

The easiest way to justify cruelty is to stop seeing people as human. That's why words matter.

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Dare to Care: Ep 2 - Evolving Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... What if democracy survives not because powerful people save it… but because ordinary people keep showing up for each other? Join Christy (@inspirevideo.bsky.social) and I on Substack, Fridays at 11 am eastern, 8 am pacific.

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Dare to Care: Ep 2 - Evolving Democracy

Why do ordinary people decide to step up and speak out?

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Let's Excavate Integrity: Ep1-Evolving Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Why does authenticity feel so rare right now? A more humane world begins with ordinary people refusing to abandon their values. Democracy evolves as people do. With Christy Johnson @inspirevideo.bsky.social

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Let's Excavate Integrity: Ep1-Evolving Democracy

A recording from Joni Miller, Ph.D.'s live video

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Spinning Lies into Gold: Ep 11 - "Yes, and ..." for Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Democracy depends on people who still care enough to question what they’re told. @inspirevideo.bsky.social

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Spinning Lies into Gold: Ep 11 - "Yes, and ..." for Democracy

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Ep 86: The Moment Everyone Looked Different open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... We talk a lot about what we believe. But what if the deeper question is: who are we willing to truly see? If every life has dignity… what changes? We can’t build a just world if we don’t fully see all the people in it.

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Ep 86: The Moment Everyone Looked Different

What one subway ride revealed about how we see each other - and the world we're building

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Ep 85: We Were Never Meant to Stand Alone open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... When we widen our circle of kinship -- to include those unlike us and the world around us -- we don’t just change how we live… we begin to change the future we share.

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Ep 85: We Were Never Meant to Stand Alone

Rediscovering interdependence in a world built on separation

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Freed from Greed: Ep 9 - "Yes, and ..." for Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Most of us don’t support corruption, but we do live in a world where it keeps happening. What kind of world do we want and what choices move us in that direction? New episode with @inspirevideo.bsky.social

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Freed from Greed: Ep 9 - "Yes, and ..." for Democracy

If the other side did exactly what your side is doing right now… would you still defend it?

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Saluting Scrappy Underdogs: Ep 8 of “Yes, and …” for Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Change doesn’t start with power. It starts with people. Episode 8 of "Yes, and ..." for Democracy with @inspirevideo.bsky.social

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Saluting Scrappy Underdogs: Ep 8 of “Yes, and …” for Democracy

A recording from Joni Miller, Ph.D.'s live video

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Ep 84: What the World Loses When We Wait for Someday open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... "Someday" doesn’t really arrive. What we hold back doesn't merely impact us. It leaves an absence where something meaningful might have been.

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Ep 84: What the World Loses When We Wait for Someday

The words, the care, and the gifts we never share

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Let's Talk Taboos: Ep 7 - "Yes, and ..." for Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... We’ve been taught not to talk about politics, religion, or money. But what if that silence is exactly what’s keeping us from creating change when it matters most? @inspirevideo.bsky.social

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Let's Talk Taboos: Ep 7 - "Yes, and ..." for Democracy

A recording from Joni Miller, Ph.D.'s live video

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Ep 83: Sacred Certainty open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Sacred certainty becomes dangerous when it stops asking what it might cost if it’s wrong. A new Spiritual Geography episode about humility, love, and finding clarity in uncertain times.

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Ep 83: Sacred Certainty

Who pays the price when we believe we can't be wrong?

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Let's Speak Up. Together. Ep 6: "Yes, and ..." for Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... What’s yours to say might be exactly what the world needs next

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Let's Speak Up. Together. Ep 6: "Yes, and ..." for Democracy

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Christy 🎥💜⭐️ @inspirevideo.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I created a *free* challenge for improved video skills & confidence to speak up inspired by HCR @hcrichardson.bsky.social . Starts Monday 4/6/26, register at inspirevideochallenge.com Enjoy heartfelt connection & community, too! @jbf1755.bsky.social Please share w/anyone who might benefit. 🙏🏻💜

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Inspire Video Challenge

Get more comfortable on camera in a safe, supportive environment.

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Ep 82: Who Are You Becoming? open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Finding your voice isn’t one big moment. It’s choosing not to abandon yourself in small ones. #authenticity #movingforward

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Ep 82: Who Are You Becoming?

Blooming as only you can in a changing world

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Joni and Christy No Kings MD and AZ open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Me in Maryland and Christy @inspirevideo.bsky.social in Arizona.

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Joni and Christy No Kings MD and AZ

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Collective Effervescence: Ep 5 of "Yes, and ... for Democracy" open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... People say protests don’t matter, but what if they’re exactly what recharges us and creates real momentum? Live recording with Christy Johnson @inspirevideo.bsky.social

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Collective Effervescence: Ep 5 of "Yes, and ... for Democracy"

A recording from Joni Miller, Ph.D.'s live video

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Ep 81: The Time Travel Rule We Ignore Every Day open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Not all actions look the same. Some are bold. Some are quiet. Some are just first steps. But all of it can matter.

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Ep 81: The Time Travel Rule We Ignore Every Day

Listen now | Why small actions matter more than we can see

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Contagious Activism: Ep 4 Yes, and ... for Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... What if the problem isn’t apathy, but how we’re inviting people in?

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Contagious Activism: Ep 4 Yes, and ... for Democracy

What if the problem isn’t apathy—but how we’re inviting people in?

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Ep 80: The Beauty of Being Wrong open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... What if being wrong is simply how we learn to see more clearly? Growth begins the moment certainty loosens its grip. #Humility #KeepLearning #IntellectualHumility

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Ep 80: The Beauty of Being Wrong

How humility leaves room for truth

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

What you really, really want: Yes, and ... for Democracy Ep 3 open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... What do you want for our democracy? A conversation with my dear friend Christy Johnson (@inspirevideo.bsky.social )

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What you really, really want: Yes, and ... for Democracy Ep 3

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

What If the Miracle Wasn’t Magic? open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... A reflection on abundance, generosity, and the miracle that happens when people participate. #SpiritualReflection #CommunityCare #FaithInAction #ChooseLove

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What If the Miracle Wasn’t Magic?

The surprising lesson in the story of the five loaves and two fish

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Ep 2 - Yes, and ... for Democracy: The Shell Game open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... What was the “next shell up” moment for you — the point when you realized you wanted to speak up or get involved in some way?

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Ep 2 - Yes, and ... for Democracy: The Shell Game

Inviting people into the work of democracy

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Ep 79: When the Cost Isn't Ours open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... It’s easy to take strong positions when the pain, disruption, and fear belong to others. What happens when someone names the consequences we have chosen not to see? we can either defend our certainty or let love widen us.

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Ep 79: When the Cost Isn't Ours

Distance, discomfort, and moral imagination

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

When What You Trusted Starts to Fall Apart open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... It’s better to face the truth than to live inside a lie — even when the truth rearranges everything.

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When What You Trusted Starts to Fall Apart

Facing truth without losing yourself

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Yes, and… for Democracy open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... What happens when movements for justice start excluding their own? In this conversation, we explore fear, purity tests, symbolic activism, and why real belief change begins in the heart. How can we widen the circle and strengthen democracy?

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Yes, and… for Democracy

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Ep 78: When Certainty Softens open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Changing your mind isn’t weakness. Sometimes it’s the bravest thing we do.

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Ep 78: When Certainty Softens

The Courage to Stay Present When Things Begin to Change

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Voter Passport open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe... This is an easy to read story, a real-world explanation of why the SAVE act would inordinately impact women and those who don't have a couple of hundred dollars and lots of time to pursue getting the underlying documents.

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Ep 77: When Silence Becomes the Price of Belonging open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Being pushed out isn’t always about being wrong. Sometimes it’s about being honest. #MoralCourage #IntegrityMatters #StayingTrue #ConscienceOverComfort #QuietRevolution #CollectiveAnxiety #SpeakingUp #deconstruction

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Ep 77: When Silence Becomes the Price of Belonging

Integrity, exile, and the cost of staying inside the group

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

When the Game Keeps Changing open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... We are not living in politics as usual … or life as usual. The old instructions no longer work. When old rules stop working, integrity becomes the only reliable guide we have.

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When the Game Keeps Changing

When the Game Keeps Changing

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Ep 76: The Emperor is Still Naked open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... The emperor is still naked. The question is what it costs us to say so … and what love asks of us instead. Love doesn’t ask us to be fearless. It asks us not to make peace with harm.

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Ep 76: The Emperor is Still Naked

Integrity, coercion, and staying aligned with what we know

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I'm attending Indivisible's event, “ICE Out For Good: Silent Procession - Frederick Maryland” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

ICE Out For Good: Silent Procession - Frederick Maryland · Indivisible

Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity...

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Ep 75: Standing Together in the Unknown open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Fear is real when the future feels uncertain. This episode reflects on how we live with uncertainty, why hope is not naïve but necessary, and how choosing love—together—helps shape a future that’s still being written.

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Ep 75: Standing Together in the Unknown

Choosing hope even when fear is real

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Ep 74: The Force of Love open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Sometimes the most radical thing we can do is refuse to let fear shrink us. This reflection invites us to choose love, not because it’s easy, but because it’s what keeps us human. #ChoosingLove #StayingHuman #LoveOverFear #growmorelove

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Ep 74: The Force of Love

Choosing the direction that expands us

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Ep 73: The Games Being Played with Our Lives open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... When the powerful treat people like pieces on a board, remembering our connection becomes an act of resistance. History shows what can happen when ordinary people rise together. Rising together with love.

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Ep 73: The Games Being Played with Our Lives

How ordinary people reclaim power through courage and connection

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Ep 72: Time Travel Gratitude open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Every generation inherits a moment that asks for courage. This is ours.

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Ep 72: Time Travel Gratitude

What nostalgia hides and gratitude helps us see

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Ep 71: Choosing Who Counts ... and Why It's Time to Choose Differently open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... The myth of the “self-made” person has fueled a society suspicious of those who struggle. Some people’s hardships are dismissed as personal failure. Who matters? Who is worthy of support?

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Ep 71: Choosing Who Counts ... and Why It's Time to Choose Differently

A culture build on suspicion can be rebuilt on care

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Ep 69: The Future is Not Yet Written open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... We don’t need one hero — we need millions of us choosing love at the same time. Alone, none of us can shift the tide. Together, we are the tide. #nokings #collectivehope #bluewave #growmorelove

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Ep 69: The Future is Not Yet Written

From despair to possibility - together

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Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Ep 60: Cucumbers, Grapes, and the Stories We Tell About Fairness open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... We’re wired to resist unfairness, but politicians have learned to weaponize that instinct. Too often we end up angry at the vulnerable instead of questioning the systems that create the struggle.

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Ep 60: Cucumbers, Grapes, and the Stories We Tell About Fairness

How the story of “waste, fraud, and abuse” blinds us to truth and love

Joni Miller @jonimillerphd.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Ep 68: The Cost of Silence - and the Courage to Speak open.substack.com/pub/jonimill... Courage doesn’t always stand in front of tanks. Sometimes it simply refuses to stay silent. When we choose love over fear, we make courage contagious. #growmorelove #courageiscontagious #integrity

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Ep 68: The Cost of Silence - and the Courage to Speak

Choosing integrity over comfort and belonging

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