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4 months ago

Can Reading Fiction Actually Make You Happier?

During the pandemic, I provided counseling for several health care providers. These dedicated medical professionals faced overwhelming stress due to: Patients dying at an increasingly higher rate. Longer hours of work, changing work conditions, and schedule changes. Significant risk of getting sick, and/or dying themselves. Risk of spreading the disease to family members at risk. My clients desperately needed stress-reduction tools to help them through a challenging time.
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10 months ago

Reading the Silence of the Bengali Diaspora

The trauma of the Bengal famine has intergenerational effects on descendants, influencing behaviors and emotions around food and survival.
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