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Alexandra Franzen • 50 Ways to Be Ridiculously Generous—and Feel Ridiculously Good.
A Little Princess (greatest vindication story ever), The Golden Compass (greatest animal character ever), and Little Women
Gretchen Rubin • Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life
Winnicott’s crucial insight was that the parents’ agony was coming from a particular place: excessive hope. Their despair was a consequence of a cruel and counterproductive perfectionism. To help them reduce this, Winnicott developed a charming phrase: ‘the good enough parent’. No child, he insisted, needs an ideal parent. They just need an OK, pre
... See moreAlain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
After we had that other fight, the big one, it hit me. It was because of her job. It all started when she was riding on her bike, in that stupid purple dress she wears for work, the one with the gold fringe, and a boy from my class saw her and made fun of her in front of everybody. I wanted to say shut up or I’ll make you shut up, but all I could d
... See moreMieko Kawakami, Sam Bett, • Breasts and Eggs
In Big Questions From Little People and Simple Answers From Brilliant Minds, curated by Gemma Elwin Harris,