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Thoughts and reflections on life, society, psychology, and posts to good interviews!

Nov 24
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Christmas can be a difficult time

By Stephanie Musings

I took my 2yr old to see the beloved children’s musician Raffi on the weekend. It was a much looked forward to event for both of us, and it was a joy to…

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Jul 15
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How to healthily relate to anger

By Stephanie Musings, Tools and activities

Feeling angry seems taboo in our culture. We’re told to let go of it, to control it, manage it. The underlying message is “don’t be angry”. So we’re stuck with having a very uncomfortable feeling that…

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Jun 23
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Why do depressed people feel so guilty?

By Stephanie Musings, Tools and activities

Ah, guilt. So insidious.  The insidious bit to me is the blurring of the border between a real and imaginedsense of remorse.  For guilt is actually a useful feeling for we social humans to…

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Apr 05
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Easter: why we do what we do

By Stephanie Musings

Easter Day comes around again and if you’re like me you wonder… why do we do what we do on Easter? Chocolate eggs, rabbits?  And how again does this link…

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Mar 27
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Anxiety soup: a personal story

By Stephanie Musings, Tools and activities

Throughout the day yesterday I felt a gnawing anxiety in my body. Mostly it sat in my chest as agitated tight heaviness. Like the too-much-caffeine feeling, but with stuckness and…

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Feb 28
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1 month in a meat locker: reflections and questions

By Stephanie Musings

Since we arrived in Hamilton 1 month ago the outside temperature has oscillated between a balmy -5 and a frigid -23 (colder with wind chill). Most days have loitered around…

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Feb 19
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Effects of childhood adversity on life long health

By Stephanie Musings, Parenthood

In this TED talk Dr Nadine Burke Harris explores the effects of childhood adversity on health and wellbeing across a lifetime. “Adverse childhood experiences are the single greatest unaddressed public health…

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