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      "url": "https://spiralhub.com.au/essays/how-to-be-more-present-without-trying-harder-2c0b",
      "title": "How to Be More Present Without Trying Harder",
      "summary": "Addressing the paradox of presence: resisting active 'trying' to be present and understanding it as a capacity for conscious availability.",
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      "title": "Nervous system regulation, without the wellness theatre.",
      "summary": "This essay clarifies Regulation, a core capacity within the Seven Capacities Framework, moving beyond common misconceptions.",
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      "title": "What is discernment? A capacity, not an opinion.",
      "summary": "Often confused with gut feelings, prejudice, or analysis, discernment is the capacity to separate objective events from subjective meaning-making.",
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      "datePublished": "2026-06-12T20:40:07.334+00:00",
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