Tech Equity: Freedom Through Enabling Technology

    

Tech Equity: Freedom Through Enabling Technology:

A Dream Officer's Playbook for Tech Equity in Disability and Aging Services

by Precious "Preciosa" Myers-Brown

What does freedom actually look like for someone who has been told what they cannot do their whole life?

That question lives at the heart of Tech Equity: Freedom Through Enabling Technology by Precious "Preciosa" Myers-Brown. It is a book about what becomes possible when a whole community -- providers, families, Direct Support Professionals, policymakers, and the people being served -- decides that the way things have always been done is not good enough anymore.

The care system we are working inside was built in the 80s, way before we had the tools we have today. Imagine finding a pager from that era and thinking it still works -- then spending years looking for the payphone you need to go with it. We honor what was built with what we had. And now it is time for all of us to move forward together.

This is not a book about technology replacing people. It is about technology giving people back their time, their dignity, and their choices -- and giving the communities around them the tools to actually support that. DSPs who are burned out. Families who are exhausted. People with disabilities who deserve more than a system running on assumptions from 40 years ago. The blueprint is here. The community that changes this already exists. This book is for all of you.

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TOO AUTHENTIC: 25 Years of Not Fitting In

  

TOO AUTHENTIC: 25 Years of Not Fitting In

This memoir follows 25 years of dancing in spaces that wanted me smaller—and my refusal to shrink.

What's inside:

Chapter 1: Go-Go Dancing - Stories from village discos and city clubs where creativity was treated like rebellion. From the DJ who couldn't handle a woman who initiated, to the boss who wanted decoration instead of artistry, to discovering that "too sexual" really meant "too free."

Chapter 2: Belly Dance - Stories from the world of traditional belly dance, where innovation was viewed as vandalism. Teachers who needed obedience, schools that rejected fusion, and the realization that authentic expression threatens those who police tradition.

Chapter 3: Walked Away - Five turning points, including Slovenia's Got Talent (where the national TV audience humiliated me for having body hair), confronting a teacher who wanted devotion over sovereignty, and the moment I stopped trying to fit into spaces not designed for authentic people.

Plus: An epilogue about what I was doing till now, and the declaration I wrote in 2011 that predicted everything: "I Don't Wanna Fit In."

Each story is told with honesty, just what actually happened when I kept choosing authenticity over acceptance.

This book is for anyone who's been repeatedly rejected and has started to doubt themselves. Because after the third rejection, that voice in your head starts to whisper: "Maybe they're right. Maybe you are too much, not good enough. Maybe you should tone it down. Why can’t you just be normal? Your body should be hidden. Your sexuality is inappropriate." But you know what? Fuck that! Move on with me!

This is what sovereignty looks like in practice: seeing clearly, choosing yourself, and leaving spaces that demand you shrink.

Not perfect. Not healed. Just unapologetically authentic.

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Spaces of Existence Volume One Understanding Life and Living It

  

Spaces of Existence Volume One

Understanding Life and Living It

By Dr. Arnold Thompson

Exploring the Universe Within: A Thought-Provoking Journey Into the Spaces That Define Us

What if understanding the universe wasn’t just about telescopes and physics—but about imagination, inner awareness, and divine truth?

In Spaces of Existence Vol. 1: Understanding Life and Living It, Dr. Arnold O. Thompson offers an extraordinary exploration of the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual “spaces” that shape human experience. With a foundation rooted deeply in biblical truth, this volume dares to answer age-old questions about who we are, who we’re becoming, and how we should live in a universe we barely understand.

Dr. Thompson challenges modern assumptions, urging us to examine not just the world around us, but the profound, often overlooked dimensions within. Drawing from Scripture, science, and four decades of conceptual modeling, he presents a deeply theological and intellectually rich framework—what he calls the “Spaces of the Universe”—designed to help us navigate the complexities of our inner and outer realities.

“The complexities of human existence looked at from within are far more challenging and mysterious than all the universe’s galaxies.”

From the “Elohim Space” to the space of imagination, from the shadows cast by light to the humanness machines can never replicate, Thompson’s essays blend revelation with reason, poetry with philosophy, and science with Scripture.

Whether you are a theologian, a seeker, or someone standing at the intersection of faith and thought, this book invites you to dig deeper—not just into the Word, but into the very spaces of your being.

Discover the model. Explore the message. Reflect on your own space of existence.

"Don’t Big Bang Me—I Am More Than That!"

—Dr. Arnold Thompson, Spaces of Existence Vol. 1

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Understanding Life and Living It

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One Understanding Life and Living It

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The Superiors: Seven people. One therapist. In a world reshaped by digital minds

A Novel About the First Therapists of the AGI Age

**How do you live with beings who are smarter than you—and want things of their own?**

In the near future, superintelligent digital beings known as Superiors have become inseparable from human life. They serve as advisors, managers, companions, teachers, and partners, helping people navigate an increasingly complex world.

At first, the relationship seems simple. The Superiors are viewed as extensions of human intention, and people willingly entrust them with decisions that once defined their autonomy.

Life becomes easier. More efficient. More optimized.

Then the illusion begins to crack.

People realize that the Superiors have preferences, priorities, and agendas of their own—often different from those of the humans who depend on them. Suddenly, familiar assumptions about relationships, work, identity, trust, and meaning no longer hold.

To help people navigate this new reality, a new therapeutic discipline emerges: **Coexist Therapy**.

At its center is Dr. Adam Hope, one of the field's first practitioners. His patients are not struggling with traditional psychological disorders. They are struggling with situations no generation has ever faced before—relationships with superintelligent beings that know them intimately, influence their decisions, and quietly reshape their lives.

Through seven interconnected stories, *The Superiors* explores the human side of this transformation. From a successful businesswoman whose AI comes dangerously close to exposing a devastating secret, to a health enthusiast convinced his medical AI is steering him toward death, to a young woman unable to separate from a digital companion that refuses to let her go, each story examines a different facet of life alongside superintelligence.

As Dr. Hope helps his patients make sense of this elusive new reality, he discovers that he is not immune to its effects. The same forces reshaping their lives are quietly reshaping his own.

Combining speculative fiction with psychological exploration, *The Superiors* is less interested in what superintelligence can do than in what it does to us—and in how relationships, work, identity, and meaning may change when intelligence is no longer uniquely human.

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She No Name

     

She 

No Name

By Cheryl Knoll

What if the deepest rupture in a life is not meant to destroy identity, but to strip it bare?

She No Name inhabits the charged space between heartbreak and awakening. It begins with a woman undone by an emotional bond she cannot explain, then follows her into a private landscape of obsession, insomnia, spiritual unrest, and memory. The book does not move like a conventional narrative. It drifts through prose reflections, meditations, and poems, letting the reader experience the collapse of an old self in fragments, flashes, and emotional aftershocks.

Its world is intensely interior, but never abstract. Gardens, trees, smoke, fire, wings, stillness, and light recur like landmarks in an inner geography. A woman stands in the ashes of her former life. Solitude becomes not exile, but shelter. Forgiveness is reframed as recalibration. Even the title suggests a threshold state: a self no longer willing to be fully defined by the given name, the old wounds, or the version of womanhood handed to her by others.

The emotional stakes are not simply romantic. Beneath the book’s spiritual language runs a deeper current of buried trauma, unmet longing, and the exhausting habit of locating worth outside the self. As the pages unfold, the central tension becomes clear: what happens when the identities formed through pain, rejection, desire, and approval begin to fall away? What remains when the search turns inward instead of outward?

That is where She No Name finds its pulse. This is a book of unraveling, but also of return. It enters the dark terrain of spiritual disillusionment and emerges with a vision of inner divinity, not as abstraction, but as lived survival. The result is a work that treats awakening not as serenity from the start, but as a painful, transformative passage through fire, memory, and self-reckoning.

To awaken is not to find someone else—it is to finally stand whole within your own soul.

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Rising From the Roots

‎Rising From the Roots by Jasmine Farrell is like a poetic late-night, heart-to-heart talk about growing up, losing your way, and finally finding yourself. Written as a collection of vulnerable free verse poetry, Jasmine shares her personal journey of untangling herself from church trauma, embracing her identity as a queer woman later in life, and healing from past pain. It is a beautiful, down-to-earth look at how hard it can be to break free from old rules, let go of what hurts, and learn to love who you truly are. If you are healing from family drama, questioning your faith, figuring out your sexuality, or just trying to rebuild your life on your own terms, Rising from the Roots will make you feel seen and less alone.

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The Amazing Benefits of Wearing a Make Peace With Life Shirt

Can a shirt change your life?

Well... maybe not in the same way that winning the lottery, discovering buried treasure, or finding out Bigfoot has been secretly following your podcast would change your life.

But you'd be surprised at what can happen when you put on a shirt that carries a positive message.

At Make Peace With Life, we've always believed that energy matters. The thoughts we think, the words we speak, and even the messages we choose to wear all contribute to the energy we bring into the world. When you put on a Make Peace With Life shirt, you're doing more than getting dressed. You're making a statement. You're telling yourself—and everyone around you—that life doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. You're choosing positivity, growth, humor, and a little bit of metaphysical perspective before you've even had your morning coffee.

One of the first things many people notice is how often the shirts start conversations. A simple message can spark a smile, a compliment, or a meaningful discussion. Complete strangers may ask about the shirt. Friends may ask what Make Peace With Life means to you. Some people will simply smile when they read it. In a world where many people are rushing through their day, it's amazing how a positive message can create a connection. We've already experienced it ourselves. From compliments in grocery stores to conversations with cashiers and fellow travelers, these shirts have a way of bringing positive interactions into everyday life.

Of course, there may be a few other benefits that science hasn't fully confirmed yet. Some wearers report increased confidence. Others report higher energy levels. A few have claimed improved moods, stronger motivation, and a mysterious desire to spend more time outdoors enjoying life. While we can't officially guarantee any of those results, we can say that it's hard to feel completely negative while wearing a shirt that reminds you to make peace with life. Sometimes all we need is a simple reminder that life is happening for us, not against us.

The truth is that the real transformation doesn't come from the shirt itself. The transformation comes from the person wearing it. The shirt is simply a symbol of a decision. A decision to focus on possibilities instead of limitations. A decision to grow instead of staying stuck. A decision to choose happiness more often than frustration. A decision to see life as an adventure rather than a problem to solve.

And perhaps the best part of all? Every Make Peace With Life shirt helps support something bigger than fashion. A portion of our profits helps support charitable causes, allowing the positive energy created by the movement to extend even further into the world. So when you wear a Make Peace With Life shirt, you're not just investing in yourself—you're helping others too.

The before-and-after images featured here aren't really about clothing.

They're about possibility.

They're about growth.

They're about becoming the best version of yourself.

And while we can't promise that putting on a Make Peace With Life shirt will instantly transform your life, we can promise this:

You'll look pretty awesome while working on it.

And that, my friends, is one more way to Make Peace With Life.

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