The Hard Prune is my Substack newsletter and community.
I started it in February 2025, in response to the havoc wreaked by Trump 2.0; everyone I knew was reeling, and I wanted to offer something that might help. The tagline is “practical tools for dystopian times.”
I currently post essays most Fridays; if you click on this link and subscribe, you’ll get them directly in your inbox. In the next few months, I’ll start adding discussion threads, a book club, live workshops, and more.
To see all the tools I’ve posted so far, you can follow this link to the Hard Prune archive.
I’ve posted a few of the most popular ones right here on this site:
Equanimity: Equally close to all things
Taking in the Good: Counterbalancing negativity bias and increasing happiness