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D3 for the Impatient

Philipp K. Janert

his work found that affirmations related to “future-oriented values” — for example, if family is a core value, you could think about time you’re planning to spend with them — were “much more beneficial in terms of the affirmation’s success compared to thinking about the past,” because doing so engaged the value and self-processing regions of the brain to a greater degree.

How to Make Self-Affirmation Work, Based on Science

Allyson Chiu

She walks for the beach. Does she know I’m homeless? Maybe she’s seen me here before. She will be the only person in six months to offer help.

The Invisible Man

Patrick Fealey

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