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Does Organic Food Make You Act Like A Jerk?

5/23/12 5:24pm by scicurious
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What researchers found was that after viewing organic food pictures, people rated moral transgressions as being worse than people who saw the normal or comfort foods rated them. Those seeing organic also said they could volunteer significantly less time to help out. The results persisted no matter what the subjects thought of the desirability of the food. Seeing the organic food made people less nice, not nicer.  Read more >

Confessions of a Psychotherapist

5/22/12 10:45pm by Yuppie Yogini
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We've all wondered what it must be like for a psychotherapist. If we've ever had one, we've probably wondered what they thought listening to us go on and on about ourselves. Here's everything you ever wanted to know and then some, from the other side of the therapy couch.  Read more

You Have an Inverted Chromosome

5/21/12 7:30pm by Life and Love in the Petri Dish
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Sometimes the challenges on the road to parenthood feel so overwhelming that we just want to give up. Imagine you'd finally found the perfect egg donor only to discover that one of her chromosomes was inverted and she was no longer a suitable candidate?  Read more

Don't Be Silent or Feel Guilty When Motherhood Doesn't Come Naturally

5/18/12 9:08am by Andrea Chmelik
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The moment when Kai was born surpasses anything I have ever experienced in my life. Whether it's hormones, relief, the pure miracle of a human being coming out of you or a combination of all, I don't know, but that intense of an emotion is (for me) forever locked in that one instant. But once that moment passed... yes, the instinct was there from the beginning. The instinct to protect your child no matter what was ingrained. But the love? The bond? The magical connection Katherine Heigl was told to expect? No, I didn't feel it. I was in a constant presence of a person I didn't know. I had no idea what to expect.  Read more >

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