The Pressures of Privilege

January 12, 2025

Blogcast: Breaking free of the gilded cage — navigating shame, relationships, and the weight of wealth

"This village can be a gilded cage," the pastor said. She sat in my living room in the Swiss Alps, holding a mug of...

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January 05, 2025

Blogcast: The hidden struggle: understanding addiction in privileged families

Happy New Year! The following post was not easy to write because some of it triggered troubling memories and filled me with fear. Yet...

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December 20, 2024

Blogcast: Living authentically: trusting yourself in a world that judges

In college, I loved reading Thomas Mann's "Clothes Make the Man." This short story follows a character who, by wearing elegant clothes, is mistaken...

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December 14, 2024

Blogcast: Invisible children: the hidden wounds of privileged childhoods

The aroma of oatmeal wafted in the air filling me with a sense of safety. Cheng’s carefully set breakfast table reflected her approach to...

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December 06, 2024

Blogcast: The money taboo: Why wealth can feel ugly to those who inherit it

I remember sitting around the dinner table one Christmas, back when our family still gathered for the holidays, before the big court case that...

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December 01, 2024

Blogcast: The Pressures of Privilege: a new chapter

When I told my mother I was going to rename this blog, “The Pressures of Privilege” and start writing about money, she shuddered. In...

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