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Why the Placebo Effect Is the Coolest Thing Ever
If the patient expects medication to create change, bodily chemical reactions work in such a way that they produce a similar effect to the actual drug.
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The Only Appropriate Form of Cat Calling
There’s something about midnight walks. They’re therapeutical almost.
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Using Newton’s First Law to Combat Overwhelm
When the going gets tough.
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How to Not Get a Hangover, Even If You’re Binge-Watching Mad Men
Considering keeping up with the cast’s drinking game without getting debilitating hangovers the next day? I think I can help.
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Until the Morning
Point is, my mornings (usually) pay off.
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Gary Yourofsky’s Best Speech You Will Ever Hear
There’s a video on YouTube called Best Speech You Will Ever Hear. It’s about animals, and I think everyone should listen to it. Here are some excerpts. The case for humane slaughter If you really think there’s such a thing as humane slaughter, I’m curious, do you also think there’s such a thing as “humane”…
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A Bomb Threat and Choosing Life
I kept rushing to the door, a few mere seconds and an eternity later.
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Taking On Shawn Achor’s “Challenge”: What I’m Grateful For
Read this first. The odds of my coffee spilling on the laptop are 50/50. Even though it’s impossible that it just falls, it might. Yesterday we decluttered the house, celebrated with pizza and lots of wine in tiny glasses. I worked out when I got home, it was awesome, and I later reflected on…
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A Promise of Immediate Happiness: Taking On Shawn Achor’s “Challenge”
You should be ~actively~ training your brain to look for positives.