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Until we traded favors, and I owed him three months of my life. I never thought I would end up in his bed, and when I did, I had to remind myself that he hated me as much as I hated him. Until I didn’t. Zepp Hunt was no prince, and I absolutely refused to be his damsel...
Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished. ~ from Mary Oliver’s “Messenger” Psychological science sometimes confirms our beliefs, and sometimes challenges them. My young adult self never would have guessed that: the...
There’s lots of stuff I should be doing right now (most imminently, preparing syllabi), but I’ve been meaning to do this for a while.Specifically: I want for-profit companies academia.edu and ResearchGate.com out of my life. Luckily, psychology now has a robust, not-for-profit alterna...
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At the beginning of the course I had wondered what it would be like allowing myself to be in so vulnerable a place, and since it has been many years since I've had to play in front of the class I was a bit nervous. I also wondered whether I'd be the old man in...
Early in my relationship with my husband, I thought I was certain about the meaning of his comments and often reacted sensitively. Repeatedly, he told me, “Listen to my intention, not my words. I'm not good with words like you are.” I began to realize what sounded hurtful and rejec...
myself, I almost always try to make it experiential and STRONGLY encourage follow-up—the more personal and experiential the follow-up, the better. We retrain the brain primarily through experience, not through taking notes or watching colorful slides. The more we repeat the experience, the ...