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Dare to notice reality when abnormal psychology has become the new normal.
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How to catch a narcissist (opens the original)
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How do you know if you've become embroiled with an unstable and narcissistic person? What do you do once you realize it? Podcaster TC Pearson found himself caught up in a manipulative web with someone he thought was a colleague. He joins therapist Jake Freeman and Josh to talk about it. <source
Positive Projection (opens the original)
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Episode 293 Sunday, September 27, 9 pm US Eastern<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="720" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!N7p9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpubli
Do you like reading Disaffected? (opens the original)
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When I worked in the nonprofit world I had to do a lot of fundraising. People who had expertise in raising money taught me useful things. The most useful thing I learned: the single biggest reason organizations fail at fundraising is that they don’t ask people for money. That’s it. That’s the whole thing. It might sound pat, but it’s true. When I started directly asking for financial support for my organization, people responded. So I’m going to ask you, readers, directly: if you like reading th
A small victory I won’t celebrate (opens the original)
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Here I go again finding the dark cloud around the silver lining. That’s the Uncle Josh Promise (TM). A young man stepped up to defend his coworkers against an aggressor at the grocery store today. I applaud him, and I made sure to tell him “good job” in the moment. But he shouldn’t have had to do what he did. He had to do it because my town, Montpelier, Vermont, has abandoned policing and governance. Here’s what happened at Ghetto Shaw’s (the store is named “Shaw’s,” and this is the one in downt
News or News-ique(TM)? (opens the original)
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Those of a certain age will remember the infomercial and QVC era. For those younger, “infomercials” were long-running commercials on cable TV, usually late at night. Infomercials ran for 5, 10, even 30 minutes. They incorporated elements of narrative to give a feeling that you were watching a show not just a commercial. They hawked products for the home and kitchen with a number to call to place your order. QVC-”Quality, Value, Convenience”-was/is a TV channel that was nothing but an infomercial
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