RUTH SCHIMEL’S SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER 2024

CURATED IDEAS, INFORMATION AND INSPIRATION TO SPARK YOUR CURIOSITY AND SERVE YOUR INTERESTS.

• The brain’s vital connector: 3-minute read. Discover more…
• Progress on plastics pollution: 5- minute read. Discover more…
• “What is love? A philosopher explains it’s not a choice or a feeling − it’s a practice.” 3-minute read. Discover more…
• “What is mental imagery? Brain researchers explain the pictures in your mind and why they’re useful.”  3-minute read. Discover more…
• You’re Only As Smart As Your Emotions: 3-minute read. Discover more…
• “At its core, life is all about play − just look at the animal kingdom,”  3-minute read. Discover more…
• The Physics of Cold Water May Have Jump-Started Complex Life | WIRED 7-minute read. Discover more…
• The allure of AI companions is hard to resist. Here’s how innovation in regulation can help protect people. | MIT Technology Review  4-minute read. Discover more…

Original one-page handout from Ruth’s career and life management practice for your use: UNCOVERING AND EXPLORING YOUR PURPOSE.

Announcement of new art-themed Blog for enjoying, enriching relationships and learning: ARTING: ART AS CONVERSATION (Updated with additions regularly.)

Ruth’s 7th book, Happiness and Joy in Work: Preparing for Your Future is designed for each reader’s unique interests, needs and choices. The approach shows you how to benefit from the continuous opportunities within yourself, situations and preferred work, now and in the future.

Click below for the first chapter and website page for the rest of her books on how individuals can realize their true capacities and access their courage. Her PhD research defined it as “a process of becoming that involves the willingness to realize your true capacities by going through discomfort, anxiety, fear or suffering and taking wholehearted responsible action.”

Free guide related to your interests: Get it by describing one focused issue, interest, or challenge, in a few sentences to Ruth at ruth@ruthschimel.com. Glad to receive your suggestions for the newsletter and myself as well.

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