HeyJaredMusings Of A Dreamager
Stories and thoughts about love, life. and how to have the MOST FUN over 70.
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Reality Is No Place to Build a Dream (opens the original)
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I often refer to myself as a “psychotic optimist.”By that I mean I possess a possibly unreasonable belief that things will ultimately work out—even when there is very little evidence supporting my position.Science has a less dramatic name for this: optimism bias.Dr. Tali Sharot, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London, describes optimism bias as our tendency to overestimate the likelihood that good things will happen to us and underestimate the likelihood of bad things
My Brain and I have Plans! (opens the original)
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Nearly 30 years ago, Brian and I traveled to Naples, Florida, to spend time with the woman often called the Godmother of the New Age, Ruth Montgomery.While we were there, we met two of Ruth’s close friends: Dr. David Perlmutter and his wife, Leize.<img a
I Love You. Please Don’t Call Me. (opens the original)
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Vampires are real.No, I’m not talking about Count Dracula, Lestat de Lioncourt, or even Sesame Street’s Count von Count.Your vampire might be a parent, a sibling, a lifelong friend, or a coworker.You know the one: the person who sucks your energy dry and gives you a major case of the ICK when their name appears on your phone.The emotional vampire.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_rvB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2F
The Universe Is Not Door Dash (opens the original)
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I want a divorce.I’ve been thinking about it for years.Not from my amazing husband, whom I love and adore, but from the Self-Help, New Age, Law of Attraction world—where I have spent most of my adult life.Yes, I have visualized, affirmed, journaled, chanted, saged, cleared, aligned, released, and once paid $500 to discover that my abundance block was apparently located somewhere near my left ovary.For decades, I believed I could—and should—create my reality.But if I’m honest, much of that desire
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