Brainpickings Archives - Cathrin Hagey https://www.cathrinhagey.com/tag/brainpickings/ Author and Blogger Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:07:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 67173325 Maria Popova: Curative Wisdom https://www.cathrinhagey.com/maria-popova-curative-wisdom/ Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:06:53 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=4624 I’ve had a handful of heroes. In childhood they were fictional: Anne (of Green Gables) and Jane Eyre. Anne’s early life, like my own, was marked by starvation and neglect. Jane, to whom I also related, was unwanted. Both believed in their inherent right to exist and, ultimately, to thrive. I gobbled these stories repeatedly; […]

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