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This is why I brush my dog’s teeth

Sep 27, 2024
Plus, we meet the team's pets and learn how to code switch as a billionaire in this week's newsletter.
Alice Wilder

For kids who lost parents to COVID, the financial consequences compound the emotional toll

Jun 9, 2022
Losing a parent can have long-term financial implications for children.
Aidan (left), and Julius Garza (center), lost their father, David (right), to COVID-19 almost two years ago.
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As COVID surges again, consumers and workers are worn out but resilient

Dec 29, 2021
Pandemic-related negativity and fear isn't leading to negative or fearful economic behavior.
American workers are feeling burned out as they enter year three of COVID-19. They also have newfound leverage.
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We're still grieving the economy we've lost, whether we realize it or not

Dec 29, 2021
Admitting when we're not OK is the first step in helping ourselves, psychotherapist Megan Devine says.
An aerial view of "In America: Remember," a public art installation commemorating Americans who died of COVID-19. Many grief counselors and clinicians have been overwhelmed trying to address grief at this scale.
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Stitching opportunity into crisis can erase pain that needs to be felt

Dec 29, 2020
Opportunity and crisis often go hand in hand. Don't "erase the very human pain that's at the core," psychotherapist Megan Devine says.
Nurses and health care workers mourn their colleagues who died of COVID-19 during a demonstration outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan in April.
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