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Matt Bieber

Matt Bieber has recently completed a masters in Buddhist Studies and is now training to be an elementary school teacher. He blogs at The Wheat and Chaff.

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A Japanese painting depicting two people in traditional boats navigating tumultuous waves with intricate detail in the water.

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Learning to fall apart

My OCD had been creating vivid, painful rituals for years. So could Buddhist ritual give me a means to fight back?

Matt Bieber