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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...