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"Shooting the Messenger"
I think she's ready to punch something, and it might as well be fear.
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5 days ago5 min read
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The Placebo Effect
"You Are the Placebo is about putting you in the driver's seat of creating your own change..."
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Jul 77 min read
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Existential Frustration
"Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose." Viktor Frankl.
devabritow
Jun 297 min read
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I'm a Liar!
"We must kill the lies we believe before they kill our ability to live life to the full." (Niki Hardy, Breathe Again: How To Live Well When Life Falls Apart)
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Jun 237 min read
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"The Willingness of the Mind"
"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."
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Jun 168 min read
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The Owl and the Chimpanzee
"I thought becoming myself was improving each part piece by piece. But it was finding a hidden wholeness seeing the fractures as the design."
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Jun 86 min read
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The Uninvestigated Story
If I were a sleuth, I'd be so bad at it because I'll happily look into the lives of those I admire, but I haven't properly looked into mine.
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Jun 17 min read
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Our Default State
What is this, exactly? Do we all have the same one? Cutting right to the chase. By the time I'd finished Ethan Kross's book, Chatter ,...
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May 256 min read
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Evolve or Die
"The significance of the moth is change. Caterpillar into chrysalis, or pupa, and thence into beauty." (Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs, 1991)
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May 186 min read
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The Perfect Nurturer
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
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May 46 min read
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La Verace Via
The true path. A way to salvation. Sign me up!
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Apr 136 min read
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A Load of Laundry
You know how your washing machine and dryer have filters that build up with lint? The brain also tends to do that & mine is due for a clean.
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Apr 66 min read
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That Funny Feeling
That feeling in your solar plexus that won't budge. It's #anxiety, and for years, it has been the bane of my existence.
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Mar 236 min read
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True Maturation
Characterised by wisdom and responsible behaviour, true maturation encompasses physical, emotional and cognitive growth.
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Mar 166 min read
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"Serenity is Born of Acceptance"
Three weeks in, I feel like I am still drifting—unsure of my next step but knowing I must move forward.
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Mar 94 min read
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"Everyday Courage"
"If you're searching for that one person who will change your life, look in the mirror."
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Feb 167 min read
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Neural Darwinism: Survival of the Fittest
This week's book choice tells me that, to progress, I need to evolve my brain.
devabritow
Feb 96 min read
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Liminal Phase: On The Threshold of Something or The Precipice?
"Failure will never overtake you if your determination to succeed is strong enough." Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World
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Feb 26 min read
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"One Wild Precious Life": What on earth will I do with it?
I've had this feeling in my stomach over the last few days. It's not unlike that feeling of anxiety that I have—the one I struggle to...
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Jan 269 min read
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I Am...
Healing. Not 'healed', not 'going to heal' but healing. We're a work in progress, and as I prepare for the final post of my 12-week...
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Dec 22, 20246 min read
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