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GC Reads Common Reading Program

Article 1

Fear Not
by Mathias Clasen

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You might think that horror movies are a delicious, trashy pleasure. But watching them has surprisingly wholesome effects.

Article 3

How to Know What You Really Want
by Luke Burgis

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From career choices to new purchases, use René Girard’s mimetic theory to resist the herd and forge your own path in life.

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The Art of Listening
by M.M. Owen

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To listen well is not only a kindness to others but also, as the psychologist Carl Rogers made clear, a gift to ourselves

Article 7

Trust Your Future Self
by Jeff Wise

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Being a human is hard. We know the sorts of choices we ought to make, and we earnestly intend to make them, but when the time comes, we don’t.

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How to Be Resilient
by Selda Koydemir

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Life is unpredictable. Brace yourself with a suite of coping mechanisms, internal and external, then deploy them flexibly.

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How to Make the Most of University
by Nic Hooper

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Learning psychological flexibility is the key to coping with difficult times and to pursuing what really matters to you.

Article 6

The Happiness Ruse
by Cody Delistraty

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How did feeling good become a matter of relentless, competitive work; a never-to-be-attained goal which makes us miserable?

Article 8

Why We Crave
by Zoey Lavallee

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The neuroscientific picture of addiction overlooks the psychological and social factors that make cravings so hard to resist.