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Surfing the Inverted U-shaped Curve
I spent my frenetic summer longing for the sweet, rainy rest of fall and then spent September wondering how I remembered fall as being...

Bhavana Vahi
Oct 2, 20195 min read


All of these things are not like the others...
My son’s kindergarten teacher has the class do an activity in which she shows them a picture such as the one below and asks “Which one...

Bhavana Vahi
Feb 27, 20195 min read
The Practice of Happiness (by a native pessimist)
Being a fundamentally unhappy person has been central to my identity for as long as I can remember. As a child, I would experience bouts...

Bhavana Vahi
Jan 29, 20193 min read
The polygraph on your face
Why do we find it so difficult to be kind when we are stressed? Why do we sometimes “freak out” under stress, and collapse at other...

Bhavana Vahi
Oct 24, 20183 min read
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