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Why Do We Run Away?
August 23, 2021 // Community Change, Culture, Growth
Maybe the only hope we have to stop our towns and wild places from changing is to change our belief that their destruction is inevitable. But, as Timothy Tate writes, it's almost impossible to do
Read MoreIn The Winter Of Life, Dreams Prepare Us For What May Come
March 14, 2019 // Community, Community Change
Getting old need not be a season of dread. As Timothy Tate says, it can be an opportunity to embrace who we are
Read MoreThe War Veteran Who Had A Dream—In Which He Was Visited By A Midget
February 21, 2019 // Community, Community Change
By courting the images that come to us during sleep and drawing upon their messages, our dreams within can help us achieve more meaningful, peaceful outer lives
Read MoreConversations At The Holiday Table
December 10, 2018 // Community, Community Change
Timothy Tate, MoJo's go-to psychotherapist, explores the stories we tell about ourselves
Every Mountain Town Has Local Versions of Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford
November 4, 2018 // Civil Society, Community, Community Change, Culture
When we talk of justice, Timothy Tate the psychotherapist wonders about the message sent to American daughters
Read MoreFeeling Low? Even In Mountain Towns You Can't Escape The Blues
August 26, 2018 // Community, Community Change, Mental Health
Timothy Tate, MoJo columnist and mental health professional, identifies the top five reasons why people seek his help
Read MoreLetting Go Of My Big Sister
June 22, 2018 // Family
Aging in America sucks, says Timothy Tate, but it doesn't have to be this way
Read MoreBench Marks: The People And Places Lifting Us Up When We Are Down
February 13, 2018 // Community, Community Change
Psychotherapist Timothy Tate: It's tough work fighting to save the communities we love and finding ways to avert the trail of despair
Read MoreOf Dads And Mountain Daughters
January 30, 2018 // Community, Community Change, Culture
A foundational relationship in a woman’s life, its impacts lasting a lifetime
Read MoreWhen Peter Pan Enters Middle Age
November 21, 2017 // Community, Community Change
So full of vim and vigor in their youth, men in many mountain towns live lives based on athletic achievement, independence and focus on self—and then middle age delivers a crushing blow of reality
Read MoreChasing Summits And Running Toward The Sun
October 31, 2017 // Community, Community Change
One week after Timothy Tate wrote provocatively about tragedy in the mountains, the MoJo columnist pens another on humility—and the ethic of using, but not using up, the places that personally inspire
Read MoreA Tragedy In The Mountains Highlights Pain Facing The Young
October 16, 2017 // Community, Community Change
In mountain towns like Bozeman and Jackson Hole, extreme athletes are modern heroes. When something bad happens, it should cause all of us to hold our kids closer
Touching Meaning In A Small-Town Funeral Procession
October 1, 2017 // Community, Community Change
Bozeman, Montana Psychotherapist Timothy Tate Riffs On The Struggles Of Finding Purpose While Living Beneath The Big Western Sky
Read MoreEven In Paradise, Everyone Needs To Heal Something, Especially The Seemingly Invincible
August 23, 2017 // Community, Community Change
Confronting the myth of perfection, columnist Timothy Tate, a practicing psychotherapist in Bozeman, writes about "distress" accompanying radical changes in mountain communities
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