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An Invitation to Self-Care for the Sake of Others

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Christian Bale in Knight of Cups (2015)

You know you need to change. But how do you begin?

In Terrence Malick’s under-appreciated 2015 film, Knight of Cups, the protagonist, Rick, brilliantly portrayed by Christian Bale, cries out in desperation, “How do I begin?” The film is a kind of modern-day Pilgrim’s Progress (the movie opens with lines from Bunyan’…

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