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☆ Opinion | What the Olympics Can Teach Us About Excellence
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Brad Stulberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

We are drawn to stories of individuals who not only embody the pursuit of excellence, but also have humility. Perhaps the most iconic image from these Games occurred after one of the few gymnastics events she didn’t completely dominate, the individual floor competition. In the stands, supporting and helping to coach him, was Renaud Lavillenie, the Frenchman whose world record Duplantis first broke in 2020. Then there was the American sprinter Noah Lyles, who earned the title of world’s fastest man by winning gold in the 100-meter dash. Shortly after, he wrote in a social media message to fans: “I have asthma, allergies, dyslexia, A.D.D., anxiety, and depression.

Persons: Simone Biles, didn’t, Biles, Jordan Chiles, Rebeca Andrade, Mondo Duplantis, Emmanouil, Sam Kendricks, Renaud Lavillenie, Frenchman, Noah Lyles, “ Organizations: Paris Locations: Brazil, Sweden, Greece, American

☆ Opinion | The Key to Longevity Is Boring
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Brad Stulberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The other day, someone at my gym approached me and lamented that he could spend nearly every waking hour of his life executing the countless viral health and longevity recommendations popularized by internet influencers and podcast hosts, and he’d still feel that he is falling behind. In 2016 the global supplement market amounted to $135 billion. That figure is projected to hit nearly $310 billion within the next four years. Some of these interventions have limited uses, while others range from the absurd to the truly harmful. It’s a shame that people are spending their money and energy on such things — even more so because the key to a longer, healthier life is no mystery.

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Blum turned to programs mostly in states where abortion access — and, by extension, abortion training — is likely to remain protected, like California, Colorado, and New Mexico. The AAMC analysis found the number of applicants to OB-GYN residency programs in abortion ban states dropped by 6.7%, compared with a 0.4% increase in states where abortion remains legal. For internal medicine, the drop observed in abortion ban states was over five times as much as in states where abortion is legal. The AAMC analysis notes that even in states with abortion bans, residency programs are filling their positions — mostly because there are more graduating medical students in the U.S. and abroad than there are residency slots. Stulberg and others worry that this self-selection away from states with abortion restrictions will exacerbate the shortages of physicians in rural and underserved areas.

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☆ Opinion | Not Everything Has to Be Meaningful
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Brad Stulberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

And with the benefit of time, most people found at least some meaning and growth. Yet even then there can still be meaning and growth. For some participants, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder gradually rose during the first three months of recovery before they started to subside and shift to a more positive trajectory. Do what you can to hold onto the fact that what feels like forever now probably won’t in the future. If you find immediate meaning and growth in your experience, that’s great.

☆ Opinion | Stop Resisting Change
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Brad Stulberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Allostasis is defined as “stability through change,” elegantly capturing the concept’s double meaning: The way to stay stable through the process of change is by changing, at least to some extent. From neuroscience to pain science to psychology, allostasis has become the predominant model for understanding change in the scientific community. A healthy response to change and disorder, whether it’s within ourselves or our environments, is one based on the allostatis process. You stop fearing change, which is to say you stop fearing life. Fortunately, the same science agrees that we can also become stronger and grow from change and that much about how we navigate change is behavioral; that is, it can be developed and practiced.

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☆ Opinion | The Case for Obligation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Brad Stulberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The roots of these mammoth trees, stretching some 200 feet into the air above us, run only six to 12 feet deep. Instead of growing down, they grow out, extending dozens of feet to each side, enmeshing themselves with the roots of their neighbors. This is why we never see a lone redwood: They can survive only in a grove, bound together in obligation. But in our age of autonomy, efficiency, boundaries and self-care, we too often deprioritize, if not overlook altogether, the wellspring of strength and meaning that comes from obligation. If we commit to certain people and activities, if we feel an obligation to show up for them, then it’s likely that we will, indeed, show up.

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