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We’re Mel and Dave—a fun-loving couple who laugh hard, travel often, and work together at an international boarding school.
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August 9, 2026 | Stop Overthinking Everything: The 2-Column Method (opens the original)
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Most of your anxiety isn’t coming from how much you care — it’s coming from where you’re standing. This week we sort your week into two columns (what’s yours, what isn’t), reclaim the inner citadel Marcus Aurelius wrote about, and learn the difference between a boundary and a wall. A short, honest reset for anyone whose peace keeps getting spent on things they were never assigned to carry. Join The Reset: https://www.patreon.com/c/u32603057 40-Day Devotional: https://a.co/d/02j1FpmD Curriculum:
August 2, 2026 | Life Is Long Enough If You Know How to Use It (opens the original)
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Seneca said life isn't short — we just waste most of it. This week is about real balance: the difference between rest that restores and escape that drains you slower, and why rest was built into the design from the start. Seneca on not wasting your one life, Confucius on rhythm as the banks that let the river flow, and Mark 2:27 on the Sabbath made for you. Balance isn't doing more — it's spending your life on purpose. Go deeper in The Reset on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/u32603057 God lo
July 26, 2026 | Who You Are When No One Is Watching (opens the original)
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You have two selves — the one you perform when someone's watching, and the real one at two in the morning. This week is about the gap between them. Adam Smith's impartial spectator on seeing yourself honestly, Confucius on turning every encounter into a mirror, and Psalm 139 on the God who knows the hidden place culture can't reach. Your identity isn't the version culture approves of — it's who you are when no one is watching. Go deeper in The Reset on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/u3260305
July 12, 2026 | The Line That Sets You Free (opens the original)
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Anxiety is often just misplaced responsibility — energy poured into things that were never within your control. This week we sort it out: the dichotomy of control from Epictetus, Confucius on cultivating what's actually yours, and Galatians 1:10 on why you can't please everyone and keep your integrity at the same time. A boundary isn't a wall to keep people out; it's the honest line between what's yours to carry and what isn't. Learn to draw it — first inside your own mind, then out loud. Go dee
Youth Balance (opens the original)
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You do not have to choose between enjoying your youth and building your future. In this episode of Sundays with PP, we explore the difference between spending time and squandering it. Drawing from Seneca’s On the Shortness of Life , Mencius’ idea of the Four Sprouts, and the father’s open arms in Luke 15, this conversation offers a healthier way to think about balance, regret, rest, and personal growth. Not every moment needs to be productive. But there is a difference between leisure and escape
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