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Nov. 24, 2020, New York Times Philip Brickman was an expert in the psychology of happiness, but he couldn't make his own pain go away. Anthologized in the Best American Science and Nature Writing of 2021.
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June 14, 2020 New York Times Column. Let's Talk About It: For starters, don't do it on Zoom. And consider not doing it at all.
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March 16, 2020 New York Times column. Remember, both of you are right.
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November 14, 2019 New York Times column. Gary Gulman is showing us how to bring our inner selves out into the open.
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March 8, 2019 New York Times column. Readers, not a Twitter mob, should decide the fate of a book.
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