Away From My Phone
My smart phone is like a toddler that way: demanding constant attention, and whenever it helps me, it also seems to create more work.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Sep 11, 20222 min
Do Give Up
Lowering the bar might mean the difference between wellness and burning out.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Aug 21, 20223 min
Word to the Wise
Words. It's what literature is made of. Literally.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Jul 31, 20223 min
The Sharpest Knife In The Drawer
I didn’t want it to be pretty, and I didn’t want to have to be pretty myself. The whole thing was a big hassle.”
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Jul 24, 20224 min
The Change Is Good
Without clear warning, I’ll transform into the old crone, living alone in a small cabin in the woods, with only the crows to keep me company
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Jul 10, 20223 min
Keeping Misery Company
The opportunity of offering a kindness to others amid our own turmoil can be a manner of restorative tonic.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Jun 12, 20223 min
A Killer Story
The Poison Book Project, information that perhaps will save a bibliophile from visiting their own midnight library.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
May 22, 20223 min
A Little Bird Told Me
Then the magic happened. Listening and really recognizing the language gave me a little taste of what was important.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
May 8, 20226 min
Seeing the Forest and the Trees
Expecting people to multitask is akin to saying: I don’t care how well you do it, just get it done.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Apr 24, 20225 min
Scents and Sensibility
When learning is distilled down to the mere parroting of facts and concepts, the multisensory experience is lost.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Apr 10, 20224 min
Sentimental Journey
I wondered what small part of me shone brightest to those from my past. And whether those relationships grew because of what I saw in them.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Mar 20, 20224 min
Just Fooling Around
Perhaps most of us are primed to view data-based rather than consensus-based decisions as counter to group harmony.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Feb 27, 20225 min
Must See TV
Television may plant preconceptions about how to recognize honesty from deceit, while taking time away from genuine social interaction.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Jan 9, 20224 min
Here and Away
Did my aptitude for controlled dissociation developed purely from practice, or was it somehow jumpstarted by the past
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Nov 21, 20213 min
When Too Much Is a Good Thing
I sensed the omnipresent cultural expectation to achieve. Can’t it just be enough to find joy in the everyday business of living?
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Nov 7, 20213 min
I Regret To Inform You…
For many, conflict is so scary that the future threat of regret is preferable to the short-term torment of conflict.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Oct 24, 20214 min
Out of Control
Control isn’t necessarily good or bad, but it can tell us something about ourselves. It can be hurtful, helpful, healing, or humbling.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Oct 10, 20214 min
What You Really, Really Want
Having responsibilities implies we have something to give. Having something to give implies an abundance. It’s the opposite of wanting.
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Sep 26, 20215 min
It’s No Place Without Home
There is more to homelessness than lack of shelter. Afterall, we don’t say ‘houseless.’
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Meredith Kaknevicius
Sep 12, 20214 min
The Caw of the Wild
We don’t have the monopoly on intelligence, even if we think we’re the best at it. It’s easy to forget that when surrounded by civilization.
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