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Your Brain on Moral Tinder
The science of why we swipe away nuance in every argument
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Why Advice to Empathize is Misguided
Jul 15 • Yael Schonbrun
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If We Both Lived It, Why Do We Remember It So Differently?
Mar 25 • Yael Schonbrun
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Feathering Our Relational Nests
Jun 3 • Yael Schonbrun
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Should You Trust Less After Being Betrayed?
What a Harvard fraud case reveals about rebuilding trust in relationships.
Sep 16 • 
Yael Schonbrun
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The Punchline to Better Relationships
When laughter builds bridges (and when it burns them).
Sep 9 • 
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Why Some Teams Click and Others... Don't
A Q&A with the author of The Collective Edge, Colin Fisher
Sep 2 • 
Yael Schonbrun
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Everyone's Keeping Score, Everyone's Losing
Understanding the psychology behind reciprocity and what it means for your relationships.
Aug 26 • 
Yael Schonbrun
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How to Be Understanding Without Getting Murdered
A both/and approach to generous understanding.
Aug 19 • 
Yael Schonbrun
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Your Therapist Isn't Just "Being Nice"
They get a high from listening (And you can learn to get that high, too).
Aug 12 • 
Yael Schonbrun
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The "You-Splaining" Trap
When your "good" listening leaves people feeling unheard.
Aug 5 • 
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Relational Riffs
A newsletter that riffs on the science and practice of relationships. We tackle (and sometimes tickle) the complexities of relationships between people and between life roles.
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