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The gap between how the initiated express their ideological beliefs and how everyone else does seems larger than ever.
A Nation Divided by Language
theatlantic.com
Maddaus’ idea of a resilience bank account is gradually building into your life regular practices that promote resilience and provide a fallback when life gets tough. Though it would obviously be nice to have a fat account already, he says it’s never too late to start. The areas he specifically advocates focusing on are sleep, nutrition, exercise, meditation, self-compassion, gratitude, connection, and saying no.
Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel Awful
elemental.medium.com
The critical impulse often stems from the justifiable intuition that we must weigh the risks, consider the losses, and quite possibly say “no.” But we cannot live by this “no.” We must live by and for that to which we say “yes.” We will be on better footing, all things considered, if we know the good we ought to pursue, affirm, and possibly defend. Conversely, we will be more likely to surrender, unwittingly perhaps, that which we have not learned to properly value or that which we take for granted.
Owning Our Words: Sounding the Depths of Language
The Convivial Society
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