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  • Complexity of Layers of Racism You Need to Think About
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    Complexity of Layers of Racism You Need to Think About

    Recently, I have been reading books about racism, and one of the most established, perhaps one of the most widely cited, is Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones’s “The Gardener’s Tale. The Harvard University public health researcher systematically mapped out three layers of racism: institutional, personally mediated, and internalized (Jones, 2000). Clearly, institutional racism sits at the…

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  • What Is the Attention Fatigue after Screen Time?
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    What Is the Attention Fatigue after Screen Time?

    Ever notice the attention fatigue after finishing a long day of screen work? Feeling completely fried, irritable, and unable to focus? And why does stepping outside instantly clear your head? Both involve visual stimulation; why are the results on mental well-being so different?  Attention Restoration Theory In the 1980s, psychologists Stephen and Rachel Kaplan developed…

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  • New Study Finds Adolescence Extends into the Early 30s
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    New Study Finds Adolescence Extends into the Early 30s

    Have you ever felt your 20s were so chaotic or regretful that you deserve a free “redo”? Or, if you are in your 20s, have you felt disproportionately stressed out by society but can not name the stressor because “everyone else is doing well”? You do deserve it, in a sense. Because biologically, the brain…

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  • The Scapegoat Theory: Blame Someone for Maintaining Social Order
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    The Scapegoat Theory: Blame Someone for Maintaining Social Order

    This can happen in any group, especially when you’re in a toxic social environment. In that dynamic, you may have been unfortunately and unfairly labeled as the “uncontrollable” one. You might have faced exclusion, cruelty, confusion, and a kind of collective gaslighting that has nothing to do with your actual worth. In psychology, group behavior…

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  • Riding the Emotional Wave: How to Master the 90-Second Rule?
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    Riding the Emotional Wave: How to Master the 90-Second Rule?

    It happens in a flash. An aggressive driver cuts you off, a colleague sends a passive-aggressive email, or a family member presses your exact emotional button. Instantly, your face flushes, your heart races, your stomach churns, and a wave of pure anger or panic washes over you. You have just experienced an “amygdala hijack”. That…

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