Hi all,

My last email was just prior to Thanksgiving, 2025! Since then I've published THIRTY SIX articles on my Substack, which I've renamed "Letters from a Psychiatrist." (There have also been two additional articles at East Wind eZine for my Memoirs of a Superfan series, which I also crosspost on Substack.)

Most urgently, I just launched a two-week fundraiser for my proposed 6-episode podcast, “Society is the Sum of Our Love: A Mental Health Mobilization for Cultural Transformation.” Please consider chipping in, with a t-shirt, direct donation to my SF Love Dojo compassion non-profit, or paid subscription to my Substack. 

Here's the Substack post on the launch:

Fundraiser for Active Compassion Podcast Project
Help me build a communal “house” (with "origin stories" for our evolutionary predicament)

And here is the direct link to buy any or all of three t-shirts, for you, friends, and family. There's a range of messages, and I hope at least one will fit your mood:

Active Compassion T-Shirts to fund SOCIETY IS THE SUM OF OUR LOVE

For some "essential reads" from my Substack, see below:

Essential reads:

On Nietzsche's "Aphorisms on Love and Hate"
His ghost needs our help. Food for the road, grist for the mill.

In wake of Trump's recent racist post, American Psychiatric and Psychological Associations issue joint statement against racism
In contrast to missteps, shortcomings, and divergence on Minneapolis and ICE

How Books (and Mental Health and Friendliness) Can Save Democracy
Michael Fischer's pocket book is an essential read!

“You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone:” PBS, CPB, "Viewers Like Us," and American Promise
Grace Lee's outstanding podcast reveals challenges to psyche and society. Listen.

Rachel Maddow’s "Burn Order" – biased leadership lead to the great harm of Japanese American imprisonment in World War II
History is rhyming right now. "Be an upstander," pass it along!

Ken Burns’ “The American Revolution”: Lessons and Imperatives for Modern Psyche and Society
Also: a playlist of compelling short clips

Thanks for reading and staying in touch!

Warmly,

Ravi