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Hi, everybody! Iā€™m Rose šŸ˜Š

5 topics I can talk about for 30 mins =

1. Social psychology

2. Higher education

3. Lincoln-Douglas debate (huge debate nerd šŸ¤“)

4. Paris

5. Alzheimerā€™s disease šŸ§  (Iā€™m a community educator for the Alzheimerā€™s Association)

I write Be Astonished -- where I discuss big-picture questions about the mind, society, and the nature of our existence. Current topics include consciousness, our collective disillusionment, and the power of journaling. Would love to connect!

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Hey Rose!

Thanks for playing along and being the first one!! Iā€™m really wanting to reestablish my journalling, so Iā€™m really interested in this.

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I am a huge advocate of journaling; it has changed my life over the past few years. āœØ

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Agreed, it can be so powerful to get thoughts down and look at them much later -- you realize how much growth and processing happens under the surface when you arenā€™t looking šŸ©µ

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Hi from a fellow Mary Oliver fan!

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Hello! So glad you got the reference. Sheā€™s the absolute best šŸ¤

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Hey Rose! That's an interesting selection of topics there. Who doesn't love Paris? I'm gonna give you a follow now and look forward to reading your stuff soon. Cheers! Jools :)

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Thank you for the follow! Might make a post about my time in Paris eventually. So glad to connect šŸ¤

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Hello Rose :) I'm very interested in consciousness as well as the power of journaling. As far as Paris--never been, would love to go!

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So nice to have stumbled across each other here šŸŒæ Definitely more to come on consciousness, but Iā€™d also love to write about my time in Paris. Thanks for subscribing šŸ˜Š

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Hello, Rose, it's nice to meet you here!

I admit I got hooked at you mentioning the mind, society, and existence. My jam! Gotta check your posts out! Heading there.

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So great to cross paths here šŸŒæ Iā€™d love for you to subscribe and be part of my budding community. So much to discuss over there šŸ˜Š

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Hi Rose! I love social psychology as well. One of my favorite podcasts that I listen to regularly is NPR's Hidden Brain, it always brings an interesting new perspective and makes me wish I studied psychology or sociology in school. The topics of your Substack fascinate me as well (especially consciousness) - I can't wait to check it out!

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Great to meet another psych fan! I worked for several years in a psychology research lab at a major university, so Iā€™m excited to share all the cool things I learned. I noticed you followed, but feel free to subscribe too if youā€™re interested so you donā€™t miss posts šŸ˜Š

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Very cool! Just subscribed, looking forward to reading more!

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Oh wow - social psychology! I am very interested in that. I've actually taken Psychology as one of my subjects in IB and I enjoy it a lot. We're currently looking at memory and it is incredibly fascinating. I'm looking forward to reading your work!

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Social psychology is so fascinating -- but I also love the work being done in cognitive psych with memory and attention. Canā€™t wait to get into it more in future posts!

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OMG LD I also was a debater I haven't heard that term in years!!!!

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Ah, a fellow debater! So exciting to cross paths here. I loved the debate world and still go back and judge (and have contemplated coaching!)

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Learning about Alzheimer's must be very interesting šŸ˜Š

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Yes, it is -- I have a family connection to the disease, so I know firsthand how vicious it can be. I plan to explore it and its implications in a future post šŸ§ 

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Former neuroscientist here (former?, current?, who knows) Instant follow! Super excited to read your work. I can talk forever about subjects 1 and 5 and would love to spend enough time in Paris to talk about 4 šŸ„²

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Iā€™m so glad to have found you here then! I would love to hear more about your experience. Iā€™m excited to work on some longer-form pieces about my favorite topics in psychology šŸ§ šŸ¤“

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Hi Rose, I am interested to read anything you write about Alzheimer's or dementia in general. And yes to the power of journaling!!

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More to come on the topic of dementia. Itā€™s a heavy one -- but something I care deeply about. Iā€™m glad weā€™ve found our way to each other here šŸ˜Š

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Ahh, dementia. I blogged about the pain of being kin and carer, here: https://www.candimiller.co.uk/conversations

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A debate nerd! Fascinating! And is your substack named from Mary Oliver quote? I have that one posted in my "office" (actually just a shelf in my kids' playroom. lol!)

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Yes, it is named after Mary Oliverā€™s ā€œinstructions for livingā€ šŸ˜Š Every quote from her is golden!

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Subbed! I love playing with big unwieldy topics. I also lived in Paris for 3 years and it was such a marvelous, expansive experience. Ƈa me manque.

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Thank you for subscribing! Amazing to hear you lived in Paris -- I only lived there for 3 months but have been studying French for a long time and have made several trips back šŸ©µ

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