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Emily PG Erickson
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How I’m Dealing With My Anxious Need To Finish Work Right Away

Mindfulness is key to unprogramming precrastination anxiety — This month I increased my freelance workload to levels it hadn’t hit since my third son was born last year. I’m working with new editors and new publications. I’m learning new systems. I’m unlearning something too. For as long as I can remember, I’ve used the discomfort of a job…

Psychology

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How I’m Dealing With My Anxious Need To Finish Work Right Away
How I’m Dealing With My Anxious Need To Finish Work Right Away
Psychology

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Bye-Bye Bucket List — Hello Throughline!

There’s a better way to summer. — It’s summer in Minnesota. That means it’s time for my annual attempt to convince my kids — who are 7, 4, and almost 1 — that the impossible is true: No, the sun won’t set for two more hours, but yes, you really have to head toward bed. These long…

Philosophy

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Bye-Bye Bucket List — Hello Throughline!
Bye-Bye Bucket List — Hello Throughline!
Philosophy

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How What You Don’t Know Can Help You

Greet the edges of your understanding with awe, not angst. — Growing up, on the second Sunday in May, you could usually find my family outside, planting flowers for my mom. On Mother’s Day last year, my husband, kids, and I stuffed our in-ground planters with seedlings: basil, mint, strawberries, and tiny tomatoes you can pop in your mouth come August…

Psychology

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How What You Don’t Know Can Help You
How What You Don’t Know Can Help You
Psychology

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Published in Elemental

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The Cocktail Party in Your Head

When your brain feels crowded, focus on the wisest voice — One Sunday afternoon, while walking along the river path near where I live in Saint Paul, I wandered off the pavement to a clearing where the bluffs swing out over the Mississippi. I watched the wind push a pocket of snow from its perch in an oak to the cold…

Mindfulness

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The Cocktail Party in Your Head
The Cocktail Party in Your Head
Mindfulness

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Feb 24, 2022

The Curiosity Cure

When you feel irritable, leverage curiosity’s effect on the brain to feel good instead. — My six-year-old is in that phase where he loves magic tricks. He learned one of his favorites from a Netflix show called Brainchild. It’s purportedly a physics lesson, but I think it’s also a fantastic psychology lesson in disguise. The trick goes like this. My son has me stack my…

Psychology

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The Curiosity Cure
The Curiosity Cure
Psychology

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Published in Elemental

·Nov 9, 2020

The Science Behind Your Sigh of Relief

What research reveals about sighing and how you can harness your breath to feel good anytime — If you breathed a sigh of relief when you saw the Associated Press call the presidential race for Joe Biden on November 7, 2020, you weren’t alone. Sighs of relief were heard around the world. The New York Times reported that “Biden Victory Brings Sighs of Relief Overseas,” while The…

Election 2020

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The Science Behind Your Sigh of Relief
The Science Behind Your Sigh of Relief
Election 2020

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Sep 21, 2020

How To Talk To Your Little Kids About Hard Things

Life can be difficult, but knowing what to say to your child doesn’t have to be. — Miscarriage. Deaths. Medical diagnoses. Health emergencies. Pandemic. Police murder. Evacuation. Infertility. Burglary. These are all hard things. In the last year, each of these has touched my family, and I have talked my little kids through every one. My children, who are currently almost three and five years old, have…

Parenting

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How To Talk To Your Little Kid About Hard Things
How To Talk To Your Little Kid About Hard Things
Parenting

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Published in The Work + Life Balance

·Sep 17, 2020

Why I Choose City Life, Even Now

A reflection on the value of living in an urban area — in spite of everything — This weekend, my family and I escaped the city. We zipped our suitcases, buckled our seatbelts, and drove away from Minneapolis, where we live. …

Mindfulness

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Why I Choose City Life, Even Now
Why I Choose City Life, Even Now
Mindfulness

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Published in Forge

·Sep 7, 2020

The Scientific Framework I’m Using to Make It Through This Pandemic School Year

Self-pity doesn’t help me or my kids — Whenever I tell people that my oldest child begins remote kindergarten this month, they simply say, “I am so sorry.” To be honest, my default response is to feel sorry for myself, too. This is not how I pictured my five-year-old entering his first year of elementary school and his…

Parenting

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The Scientific Framework I’m Using to Make It Through This Pandemic School Year
The Scientific Framework I’m Using to Make It Through This Pandemic School Year
Parenting

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Aug 22, 2020

A New Ritual for 2020:Accept, Adapt Keep Going

A reflection on living during the Covid-19 pandemic, social justice uprisings, and infertility — When my neighbor waved at me from the other side of the street, I imagined his lips moving on the other side of his mask as he asked, “How’re you doing?” I must have taken too long to answer because he squinted his eyes and added, “How’re you coping?” His…

Mental Health

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A Container for Complexity in 2020
A Container for Complexity in 2020
Mental Health

5 min read

Emily PG Erickson

Emily PG Erickson

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Former mental health researcher sharing insights about psychology and parenting. www.emilypgerickson.com

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