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The Frozen River

by Ariel Lawhon (Goodreads Author)

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The Sea Captain's Wife

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Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life by Anne Bogel

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Getting caught up in overthinking is a vicious cycle. As Emmons explains, “Many of us strengthen unhealthy nerve circuits through repetitive practice. Every time we repeat a fearful or defeatist thought, we strengthen the connections that ...more

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“The same is true for social fitness. It’s not easy to take care of our relationships today, and in fact, we tend to think that once we establish friendships and intimate relationships, they will take care of themselves. But like muscles, neglected relationships atrophy. Our social life is a living system. And it needs exercise.”
― Robert Waldinger, The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

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“Who would we become if we could see the moments we occupy as opportunities to create beauty, not least on our relational canvases?”
― Curt Thompson, The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community

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“What they needed from me was not, first, right theology; they needed me to be their embodied imaginer of beauty, if you will, while their brains tried to catch up.”
― Curt Thompson, The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community

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― Robert Waldinger, The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

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“Because when our attention is firmly ensconced in the past or the future, we remain outside the present moment, the only dimension of the temporal domain of integration in which we are able to find joy and create beauty, even in the presence of our suffering. The psalmist offers a commitment to focus on something different than what we commonly do.”
― Curt Thompson, The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community

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