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Deep Dives into research, opinion, ideas, and resources.

In this area, I’ve highlighted articles and offered my opinions on research, politics, social wellbeing, recent news, and occasionally, even comedy. I chose to keep this section separate from my blog. I regard my blog posts as less about opinion and more about inspiration and the common human experience. Certainly, my opinions have changed dramatically over my lifetime. I’m sure this will continue.

Number of posts: 21

Deep Dive: Apple notifications and the Religious Right

Author: Mike Davis

Summary: I've liked my iPhone. Except for notifications. Google did them much better. But, that's just an annoyance. The Religious Right and it's efforts to create a love child with our political leaders is downright scary. We should be very scared. All of us. Even the good people who subscribe. Read more...

Deep Dive: Weight, self-criticism, and compassion-focused therapy

Author: Mike Davis

Summary: Shame, self-criticism, and obesity go hand in hand. Also, my first posted recipe reference in our new website digs. Read more...

Deep Dives: shame, smells, and shaming people

Author: Mike Davis

Summary: Shame drives us to great self-harm. Media is shame's sledge hammer. Also, pay attention to the sense of smell! Read more...

Deep Dive: Lots more than I could put in a title

Author: Mike Davis

Summary: This week we look at psychological well-being - including from the U.S. Surgeon General, paying attention to the experience of detransitioners, exposomics, silence and epigenetics, Buddhism (religion or not), and my bone to pick with the *Humanist Chaplaincy Network* (I'm not picking any bones with humanist chaplains). Read more...

Deep Dive for 2024-02-25: Was COVID worse than the flu?

Author: Mike Davis

Summary: People who should have known to keep quiet until we had the data, told us that COVID was no worse than the flu. They were wrong Read more...