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You know what a seriously under-celebrated feature of modern life is? “Find and Replace.” You know, like in Microsoft Word. It’s after the new year and you accidentally wrote 2021 a bunch of times instead of 2022? A few keystrokes and it finds ’em all for you and whooshes in the correct info, neatly. No…
It has been a few months since we’ve spoken, but I’ve been thinking about you. Lots to say, but I’m here because I’ve realized my blog has contributed to a problem. I want to talk about it and share how I’ll be fixing it. Psychology often puts a magnifying glass on individual people. In college…
This was part of a tiny video series sent to my email list – an experiment in conversing via video! Here’s the recording + transcript. Other recordings coming. Have you ever heard the saying, “If you think you can’t, you’re right”? Thinking “I can’t do that” is never fun, but it’s not the worst place…
When I took therapy classes in grad school, I expected the professors to be more…I don’t know…touchy-feely? Inspirational? It wasn’t like that at all. Most of them were extremely matter of fact. And I soon realized why – the point of most therapy methods isn’t to teach you what to think or feel. It’s to…