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Day 12: Rehumanizing Romance

Learning from etymologies and our Queen, Esther Perel

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Feb 02, 2026
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🎵 Today’s song: Love Sneakin’ Up On You — Bonnie Raitt

This week, we’re not stressing about overpriced prix fixe Valentine’s Day dinners or grand gestures that will look great on our significant other’s IG grid. Or losing sleep that we haven’t found our twin flame. Or we did, decades ago, and the flame has been reduced to cold, grey ash. Sorry — maybe t…

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