The Container

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A newsletter series by Soul Surgeon MD.

The Container is now published on Substack. We will continue to provide a safe space to responsibly learn and connect about all things life, love, and purpose here. Subscribe below for shorter reflections and new formats from former trauma surgeon turned trauma healer, John Moos, M.D.

Stillness Is the Common Path
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Stillness Is the Common Path

A culture built on striving has lost touch with stillness. This reflection explores why clarity, healing, and meaning emerge not through effort, but through quieting the noise that keeps us disconnected.

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On Faith and Medicine
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On Faith and Medicine

Healing often begins before results appear. Faith isn’t belief without reason—it’s the courage to trust the process long enough for medicine, inner or outer, to do its work.

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The Inner War
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The Inner War

A quiet inner war pulls us off center through doubt, distraction, discouragement, self-reliance, and disconnection. Steadiness begins with returning to what grounds us.

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