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Integrative Medicine Scientist · Formulator · Poet · Alchemist · Builder
Bridging science and spirit. Creating solutions. Writing for those becoming more human.
Richard Nkwenti
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Before sleep, name three small things that went right today. Not the achievements — the ordinary mercies. The meal, the kind word, the hour...
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Every family hands down not only names and features but explanations — about money, about trust, about who people like us are and what we ar...
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Every worthwhile competence passes through the humiliation of not knowing. The beginner is not behind. The beginner is early, and early is n...
Richard Nkwenti
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On the long, unglamorous work of growing into yourself.
Richard Nkwenti
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Disappointment is not proof that you aimed too high. It is proof that you aimed at something real enough to lose. The alternative — never ri...
Richard Nkwenti
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You do not have to solve grief tonight, or finish it, or justify it. You only have to let it rest beside you while you rest too. It can keep...
Richard Nkwenti
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Grief does not follow your schedule. It arrives on ordinary Tuesdays and leaves when it is ready. You do not have to be finished with it. Yo...
Richard Nkwenti
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On the years that do not appear in the résumé.
Richard Nkwenti
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After the noise of a day, the quiet can feel almost accusing. Let it be a mercy instead. Nothing is required of you now but to be here, unhu...