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Taking a Break (Because Even Lone Rangers Need to Recharge)
I’m in Bali this week, but before you start wondering if I’ve abandoned ship, rest assured, this is exactly the kind of pause I’ve been writing about…
Dec 2
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David Eedle
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November 2025
Lessons From the Loneliest Times in My Life
At 54, I realised I’d been lonely my whole life. Here’s what five decades of loneliness taught me about connection, vulnerability, and becoming fully…
Nov 25
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David Eedle
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Five Years Later: From Failing the Pub Test to Finding my Fellow Weirdos
The alone ranger isn’t alone anymore. We’ve found each other.
Nov 20
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David Eedle
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Why Is It So Hard to Make Friends as an Adult?
Making friends as an adult is harder than it was in childhood. The infrastructure has collapsed. Time is scarce. Trust is harder-won. Vulnerability…
Nov 18
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David Eedle
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Embracing Change: When Life Moves the Furniture (with Infographic)
Change will keep coming. The question isn’t whether we’ll face change, but how we’ll meet it. With resistance or curiosity? With rigidity or…
Nov 13
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David Eedle
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Embracing Change: When Life Moves the Furniture
Change will keep coming. The question isn’t whether we’ll face change, but how we’ll meet it. With resistance or curiosity? With rigidity or…
Nov 11
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David Eedle
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Life Beyond the Facial Hair
We need to challenge some of the ingrained masculinity norms that equate vulnerability with weakness.
Nov 4
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David Eedle
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October 2025
Ghosting, Fading, and the Unfinished Endings of Modern Friendship
The quality of our connections isn’t just measured by how well we begin them, but by how gracefully we let them transform.
Oct 28
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David Eedle
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Second Look: Prickly Heat Sucks. Just Like Loneliness
I’m looking back at articles I wrote years ago on Substack to see how I feel retrospectively. This time it’s “Prickly Heat Sucks. Just Like Loneliness…
Oct 21
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David Eedle
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The Bullying-Loneliness Loop: A Hidden Crisis
As humans, we are hardwired for connection with others. The bullying-loneliness loop exploits that hardwiring. But that same hardwiring is also our way…
Oct 14
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David Eedle
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Taking Responsibility (with Infographic)
Taking responsibility creates the foundation for genuine intimacy. Only when we own our own stuff can we show up authentically for others.
Oct 9
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David Eedle
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Reminder: World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2025
Every year on 10 October, World Mental Health Day reminds us to check in with ourselves and with one another.
Oct 8
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David Eedle
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