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When your ex gets married...

When your ex gets married...

My ex-boyfriend got married last weekend. Just about a year after we broke up.

I found out about it a couple of months ago, in typical 2017 fashion, on Google. Some honeymoon go-fund-me page. They looked really happy and cute. That part didn’t bother me. I actually want him to find happiness.

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Pain vs. Suffering

Pain vs. Suffering

Pain vs suffering. What’s the difference? Pain is inevitable. Pain can even be helpful. Our nerves provide sensations, so that we may avoid injury. Suffering occurs when we give our pain a personality, a cause and effect, a narrative. If pain is the physical sensation we feel, suffering is the story we tell ourselves about that pain (and what the pain says about us).

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9 Reasons Why Doctors CAN, SHOULD, (and often DON’T) Meditate

9 Reasons Why Doctors CAN, SHOULD, (and often DON’T) Meditate

Knowing what I know about practicing medicine, and knowing what I know about meditation and its benefits, I often ask myself, “why don’t more doctors, and other healthcare professionals, learn to meditate?” Here are 9 reasons why doctors CAN, SHOULD, (and often DON’T), meditate:

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Because... John Clease

Because... John Clease

I’ve always been one of those people who beats themselves up about every little cringe-worthy thing I have said, or done. I’d cringe for years. One example that comes to mind is that, at the age of 12, I told a friend’s dad he looked like the actor John Clease (I had been watching a VHS recording of ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ nonstop). I could tell he wasn’t at all pleased by the comparison, and I felt foolish and ashamed of my comment for decades.

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Positivity is not a 4 letter word: 7 things that have gotten better since the 2016 election

Positivity is not a 4 letter word: 7 things that have gotten better since the 2016 election

So many emotions are still raging high since the election, many of which are even stronger in the last week since the inauguration, and even stronger since the immigration ban on Friday. People are riled up, man. So am I. Everyone has strong opinions. I get it. And even though I’m terrified and outraged when I focus on the details of what is happening, I also tend to see the current world events from a place of positivity. That optimism inspires some people. And it also makes some people really mad. 

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