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A Search for Meaning on Substack
My attempt to remain human during increasingly inhuman times
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Jeff Feldman, MSW, LSW
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On Phish, Mental Health, and Surrendering to the Flow
How a 40-year-old jam band helped me beat anxiety and depression and embrace the chaos of life
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Administration 47 Takes Aim at LGBTQ+ Americans (Again)
And you know it was intentionally done during Pride Month
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The American Flag Has Been Hijacked. It's Time to Take it Back.
Why flying the flag on No King's Day may be the most important action you can take.
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Some Honest Thoughts Only Lightly Revised
What I need from my Substack community and from the world these days
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Revenge of the Bullies: MAGA Night at the Movies
Your tormentors from the 1980s are back with a vengeance
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Experiments in Altruism: The Giving Tzedakah Project Phase 2
It's time for you, the Words of Swords community, to get involved in the charitable decision-making process.
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I Had a Vasectomy, But the Excesses of Modern Pornography Made Me Sterile
NSFW + TMI Warning: If you want to avoid reading about sex, male sexuality, and male reproductive health, then don’t read this essay. Seriously.
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May 2025

Diversity and Equity and Inclusion, Oh My!
We've landed somewhere over the darkest rainbow, in a nation whose leaders have demonized humanitarian values and embraced a Culture of Harm
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Strawberry, Chocolate, and Everything in Between
How a berrylicious pint of ice cream encouraged me to focus on a spectrum of possibilities, rather than extremes.
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Depression Strikes a Substacker (or Where Has Jeff Been Lately?)
When life gets you down, you don't have to stay down.
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April 2025

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