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Exorcism
Earlier today, in response to a simple “how are you” text, a close friend shared that she was having some difficulty with feeling depressed and wasn’t having a very good week. This wasn’t the first time this friend and I have talked about this—this periodic depression is something we have in common and know about…
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Work break
I don’t normally write about or even post about work-related stuff—not for any particular reason, really. I do love my job and where I work but honestly it doesn’t usually inspire my writing. Maybe now it will, if I start thinking about it in that way… but anyway. The reason I bring this up is…
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A Blog a Day
I want to write more. But I find myself not knowing how to start. I’ve read about tactics on journaling, blogging, posting to Medium, writing on scratch paper throughout the day, recording my voice on my phone to write later. I want to write more. But I find myself not knowing what to write about.…
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I’m all packed up to save the world
Friday, January 20th, 21:43: I sent a text to my traveling boyfriend before bed, letting him know what I was up to. I had just finished organizing my stuff to carry me through the next day, which would be replete with some of my favorite people, doing some of my favorite things and, well, estrogen.…
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Observer Effect
In physics, the observer effect suggests that observing something changes that which is being observed. Creating an artificial system to measure natural phenomena – something I did all the time in my lab-rat days – necessarily involves imperfect instrumentation and manipulation. Shining a laser on a cell in order to make its tagged proteins fluoresce eventually…
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Compassion
Compassion: the feeling that arises in response to another’s suffering that motivates a desire to help (Goetz, Keltner & Simon-Thomas, 2010)
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