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How This Psychiatrist Fuses Mental Health and Interior Design

How This Psychiatrist Fuses Mental Health and Interior Design

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Like most, the last several weeks of my life have been spent “sheltering in place,” cocooned by the walls of my house. I’ve been experiencing what it means to work from home-for the first time, seeing patients virtually from my computer screen.  Just as the lines have now blurred between my living and work space, I’ve been reflecting on how the role of one’s[...]
How To Create Habits That Stick

How To Create Habits That Stick

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That a habit takes 21 days to form is one of those stubborn myths which, once planted into the public consciousness, simply refused to die. It originated with the research of one Dr. Maxwell Maltz back in the 1950s, and Maltz's actual hypothesis (yes, hypothesis — he never scientifically proved it) was that a habit takes at least 21 days to form. Somewher[...]
The science of why we cling to our beliefs

The science of why we cling to our beliefs

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Imagine there's a person running at you with an axe in their hand and a crazed look in their eye. Now imagine you're sitting at a bar having a quiet conversation with someone and that someone is challenging one of your most deeply-held beliefs. Which of these situations would you say is a serious threat? You might think being hacked to pieces by an axe-mu[...]