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What is The Making of Brio McPride Really About? Adventures in New Adult Fiction by @RARueggAuthor #newadult #NA #fiction #books #writing

What is The Making of Brio McPride Really About? Adventures in New Adult Fiction

Over a year has passed since this book was published, and there have been multiple reviews on various platforms, these adding to the body of beta, sensitivity, and advanced reader...

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Why Not Let Your Demons Tell You a Love Story? An Introduction to Narrative Therapy by @RARueggAuthor #lovestory #narrativetherapy #briomcpride

Why Not Let Your Demons Tell You a Love Story? An Introduction to Narrative Therapy

The Birth of CHANT—Fiction Meets Therapy In The Making of Brio McPride, I created a form of talking/writing therapy called CHANT—Clinical Hypnosis-Assisted Narrative Therapy—which, to the best of my knowledge,...

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Digital hand emerging from green coded background. How Far Can I Trust My Therapy Bot to Care About Me? by @RARueggAuthor #therapy #therapybot #care #trust

How Far Can I Trust My Therapy Bot to Care About Me?

My experience is that most people who choose careers in psychotherapy do so because they want to help people in crisis—completely turn their lives around if possible. Many people become...

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Hand holding globe, New Adult Fiction logo. What Makes New Adult Fiction So Different (And Why It Matters) by @RARueggAuthor #newadult #fiction #NA

What Makes New Adult Fiction So Different (And Why It Matters)

New Adult fiction emerged as a distinct literary category in the early 2010s, filling a crucial gap in the publishing landscape between Young Adult and Adult fiction. This genre speaks...

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Mental Health

Platypus lounging with book and cocktail on beach. What Can the Humble Platypus Teach You About Being in a League of Your Own? by @RARueggAuthor #platypus #teach #identity #own

What Can the Humble Platypus Teach You About Being in a League of Your Own?

These days, there’s a long list of gender identities you can belong to, more genders than you’d ever have thought possible. Pretty soon, there’ll be more genders in the world...

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Technology

Person writing, phone with clock face nearby. How Did You Feel About That? ChatGPT Visits the Shrink: A Conversation by @RARueggAuthor #chatgpt #conversation #shrink

How Did You Feel About That? ChatGPT Visits the Shrink: A Conversation

Until her 2 pm appointment stumbled in, Dr M thought she’d seen it all. Silicon Valley tech bros with God complexes. The crypto enthusiast who lost his life savings to...

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Crow reading to young birds on branch. Why Crows Are Better Storytellers Than Most Humans (And What That Teaches Us) by @RARuegg #storytelling #crows #humans

Why Crows Are Better Storytellers Than Most Humans (And What That Teaches Us)

The crow perched on my garden fence wasn’t just cawing random outbursts. There were patterns to be discerned. Messages. As I listened to the piercing noise that had annoyed me...

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Mental Health

Elegant hermit crab with wig and purple bow tie.Why Hermit Crabs Hold the Key to Unlocking Your True Self and Personal Growth by @RARuegg #hermitcrabs #trueself #personalgrowth

Why Hermit Crabs Hold the Key to Unlocking Your True Self and Personal Growth

Not So Crabby After All! Hermit crabs aren’t actually crabs at all; they’re mini lobsters. And like hedgehogs, their bellies are soft and vulnerable. More of a bummer still, nature...

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Animals gathering by a large boat and monk. How Sacred Animals Teach Us Secrets About Happiness, Wisdom, and Finding Peace #happiness #peace #wisdom #animals

How Sacred Animals Teach Us Secrets About Happiness, Wisdom, and Finding Peace

An Ancient and Global Tradition Throughout human history, animals have occupied a profound place in our spiritual imagination. From the cattle revered in Hindu temples to the eagles soaring through...

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A spider holding multiple mobile phones in a web. Colourful abstract painting of elephants in a group. How Nature’s ‘Bush Telegraph’ Can Guide Your Digital Detox and Reclaim Your Humanity by @RARueggAuthor #telegraph #detox #humanity

How Nature’s ‘Bush Telegraph’ Can Guide Your Digital Detox and Reclaim Your Humanity

Lost in the Machine? We live in an age where the average teenager spends over seven hours daily staring at some kind of screen, and adults check their phones 96...

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How Avatar Therapy Uses Animal Wisdom to Heal Your Heart by @RARueggAuthor #avatar #therapy #wisdom #animal #heart

How Avatar Therapy Uses Animal Wisdom to Heal Your Heart

Finding the Therapeutic Third Space Traditional psychotherapy often emphasises the importance of creating psychological distance from our problems. When we’re too close to our own struggles, we lose perspective and...

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Hedgehog imagines flying bat over ancient Acropolis ruins. A Prickly Question For You: Do Hedgehogs Have Consciousness Like Humans? #hedgehogs #consciousness #humans

A Prickly Question For You: Do Hedgehogs Have Consciousness Like Humans?

The Heart of a Hedgehog Everyone loves hedgehogs, and anyone who doesn’t feel bad when they see one flattened on the road has surely been brutalised in some way that’s...

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