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Can We Talk About Death?

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Can We Talk About Death?
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Loretta Breuning
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The human mind is aware of its own mortality, and that’s scary. We strive to manage this fear all the time, and one popular solution is to project it onto politics. Thinking the world is in decline distracts you from your own decline. Thinking the country is going to hell in a hand-basket is less painful than accepting the evidence of mortality in yourself.

Loretta Breuning
Loretta Breuning
Author
Loretta G. Breuning, Ph.D., is founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and Professor Emerita of Management at California State University, East Bay. She is the author of many personal development books, including “Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels” and “How I Escaped Political Correctness, And You Can Too.” Dr. Breuning’s work has been translated into eight languages and is cited in major media. Before teaching, she worked for the United Nations in Africa. She is a graduate of Cornell University and Tufts. Her website is InnerMammalInstitute.org.
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