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Sep 29, 2023

Democracy as an Internal State of Affairs

Consider democracy, bear with me here, as an internal process as well as an external one — with the varying aspects of ourselves seeking…

Democracy as an Internal State of Affairs

Carol Smaldino

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3d ago

What if he is the Wizard of Oz:

Can we Better Understand Trump’s Followers if we reckon with the Pain of our own Disillusionments?

Carol Smaldino

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Jun 21

Breaking up with Gabor Mate

It had to happen, and the people on my side in this drama were urging me to push forward. Some people in my small world know that I tend to…

Breaking up with Gabor Mate

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May 16

Strategy is Such a Lonely Word

(posted first on Substack, Authentic Voices)

Strategy is Such a Lonely Word

Carol Smaldino

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Apr 5

It takes a lot of Chutzpah to go around smiting people, let alone entire civilizations

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It takes a lot of Chutzpah to go around smiting people, let alone entire civilizations

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Nov 28, 2025

The Case for Removing Trauma Healing from the Winter Olympics

(https://carolsmaldinolcsw.substack.com/p/the-case-for-removing-trauma-healing?selectQuote=true)

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May 15, 2025

Vulnerability Dies in Gaza

This story was first published in Substack, May 14, 2025, the link being…

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Sep 11, 2024

In a Panic about Coming Home to America

Who in their right mind would sell a home in Italy, in Tuscany no less, and come home to America right before what promises to be a fateful…

Carol Smaldino

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Jul 20, 2024

Caring Deeply about the Holocaust but knowing in My Heart that Israel is Wrong

The Washington Post of July 19, 2024 posted an article by Loveday Morris, whose first line was, “Israel should withdraw from illegal…

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Jun 29, 2024

TO PRESIDENT BIDEN:

DEAR JOE, YOU ARE BEING TOO SELFISH

Carol Smaldino

Carol Smaldino

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A psychotherapist, a New Yorker living between Colorado and Italy (in good times) I am passionate about the role of emotions and awareness for evolving,sanity

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