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How to Feel Calm

Is your ignored baby running your life?

Heather Havrilesky
May 03, 2021
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Eschatos (1974) by Clarence Holbrook Carter

A friend of mine is very into attachment theory, so I finally gave in and read Attached, which I recommend if you’re interested in a primer on the subject. Like most psychological constructs, it’s overly reductive. That said, is it easy to distill the complexity of human behavior into a few well-chosen words? N…

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