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Why We Should Practice Automatic Writing
Usually, when we set out to write, sounding coherent and polished are our central priorities. We may think hard before…
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We are primed to think well of people who have an appetite for truth: who want to find out the…
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Why We Deny Ourselves the Chance of Happiness
Happiness sounds like such an obviously desirable quality, the idea that a person might willingly turn it down makes –…
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