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Don’t dismiss meditation as a *“woowoo spiritual practice.”* Meditation has been proven to sharpen attention, enhance focus, manage stress, and reign in impulsiveness. **This simple practice creates real, physical changes in the parts of your brain that control willpower.**
I Have 10 Pieces of Willpower Wisdom to Share With You
Charlotte Grysolle
Though the terrain of frustration may be vast – from a stubbed toe to an untimely death – at the heart of every frustration lies a basic structure: the collision of a wish with an unyielding reality.
The Consolations of Philosophy
Alain De Botton
White stars often fold trap beats or rap into their songs, but, as the scholar Tressie McMillan Cottom has noted, the music still counts as country—it’s “hick-hop.” When Black men sing that way, their music is often characterized as R. & B. or pop.
Country Music’s Culture Wars and the Remaking of Nashville | The New Yorker
Emily Nussbaum
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