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The gist: Grant’s Razor, The Bowlby Conjecture, 4ᴀᴍ Friends, Peer Support Groups (PSGs)

These key ideas set the foundation for all of my thoughts on mental health, well-being, and the importance of healthy relationships.

1 min readApr 4, 2023

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The gist: Grant’s Razor, The Bowlby Conjecture, 4ᴀᴍ Friends, Peer Support Groups (PSGs)

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Dave Cortright

An open letter to students on mental health

This was originally published in the Palo Alto Weekly on May 20, 2023.

4 min readMay 21, 2023

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Dave Cortright

The Timeless Conversation

a poem by Dave Cortright

3 min readApr 21, 2023

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The Timeless Conversation

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Dave Cortright

My experience recovering from depression

In order to talk about depression, we need to first talk about emotions in general. Why do we have emotions? What is their purpose?

4 min readApr 3, 2023

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My experience recovering from depression

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Dave Cortright

Anticreativity

We revere creativity in our culture. We praise children for having vast imaginations and we reward adults who craft the best art and…

2 min readMar 4, 2023

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Anticreativity

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Dave Cortright

Author John Green on chronic mental illness

This is a partial transcript of this video embedded below. I encourage you to watch the 2-minute video; his performance really brings it to…

3 min readFeb 10, 2023

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Author John Green on chronic mental illness

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Dave Cortright

The Easterlin Paradox is explained by the Maslow Hypothesis

The Easterlin Paradox states that at a point in time, happiness varies directly with income—both among and within nations; But over time…

3 min readNov 10, 2022

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The Easterlin Paradox is explained by the Maslow Hypothesis

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Dave Cortright

A lateral thinking perspective on mindfulness and meditation: “sensefulness” or “present sense”

Mindfulness is a misnomer*. The goal of mindfulness and meditation is to let go of thoughts of the past and the future—to be fully in the…

2 min readNov 10, 2022

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A lateral thinking perspective on mindfulness and meditation: “sensefulness” or “present sense”

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Dave Cortright

Grant’s Razor: the only thing that truly matters in life are your relationships

The Harvard Study on Adult Development has been going on for nearly 100 years. It started following 268 Harvard University male graduates…

3 min readNov 9, 2022

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Grant’s Razor: the only thing that truly matters in life are your relationships

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Dave Cortright

We are all always teachers; we are all always students

Every moment, you make choices in your actions. You are modeling for yourself and others what you consider to be proper, appropriate…

1 min readNov 9, 2022

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We are all always teachers; we are all always students

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Dave Cortright

Dave Cortright

Professional coach, effective altruist and audaciously optimistic about helping to fix the global mental health crisis. https://designingthis.life

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