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Seeking Connection: Just keep swimming
Quarantine, Day 8. I am thinking about zebra fish. If you raise a zebra fish in isolation, in ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: Is uncertainty a blessing or a curse?
“Every man, woman, or child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: The awesome possum
When the world began, it was dark and cold. Bear kept running into trees, bruising his nose. He ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: Making connections through masks
David had a monumentally bad day at the hospital recently when a beloved long-time patient died. Working in ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: Altruism and the village of the damned
In 1665, the Black Death was sweeping across Europe. In northern England, in a small town called Eyam, ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: A mile wide and an inch deep
It is said the goddess Sati awoke famished and weak from a year-long meditation and asked her husband ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: Curiosity is the cornerstone of mindfulness
“Everything fascinates you, doesn’t it?” Jane smiled. I had just finished explaining about the myth that cracking your ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: Give him a hand for teaching us about the belly
As a child, I took piano lessons from a grouchy woman who hated her job. Sitting beside me ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: The emotional power of music
When Izzie was a toddler, she loved Laurie Berkner, the “Queen of Kid’s Music.” Her “kindie rock” songs ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: Feelings of disorientation come, but they go
Growing up, one of my father’s best friends was a man from Venezuela. Year after year, my family ... Read more