COLLECTING BUGS

*WATCH BEFORE ACOTAR 6 COMES OUT!* Grab a beverage and sit down for this hour-long recap of the entire SJM universe and my favorite theories for the upcoming ACOTAR books. Find me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/collectingbugs Shout out to these creators who are smarter than me: @readstoka on Tiktok @rainkatzanddogs on Tiktok @emmahalbrook on Tiktok @harleyhernandezreads on Tiktok @thehottestseason o...

today in this long-awaited episode with terrible audio, Tia discusses our obsession with "healing". find the video companion to this episode on YouTube more about evil eye: https://www.alittlebithuman.com/mal-de-ojo-the-power-of-the-evil-eye-in-latin-america-and-other-cultures/ linktr.ee/collectingbugs healing era, that girl, level up, glow up, self-help, self-improvement, capitalism, so...

welcome to the first Collecting Bugs guided meditation :) eft tapping points: https://www.thetappingsolution.com/blog/eft-tapping-chart-getting-to-know-the-9-main-tapping-points/ linktr.ee/collectingbugs

today we're discussing the benefits of boredom. information overload https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35114833/ King's College London and the University of Limerick https://researchrepository.ul.ie/articles/journal_contribution/Can_boredom_help_Increased_prosocial_intentions_in_response_to_boredom/19829128 WSU study https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2019/07/08/boring-looking-brain-reacts-b...

today we're discussing individualism in capitalism and how it is driving us further apart. linktr.ee/collectingbugs https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1802508115 https://sociologicalscience.com/download/vol-6/may/SocSci_v6_380to415.pdf https://inequality.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/Pathways-SOTU-2016-Economic-Mobility-3.pdf https://inequality.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/fading-america...

this week, we're discussing why you should stop taking things personally, and Tia ranks popular self-help advice on a tier list. https://linktr.ee/collectingbugs self-help, self-improvement, environment, bugs, wellness, health, happiness, joy, nature, exercise, rest, capitalism, socialism, freedom, glow-up, sustainable, reinvent yourself, improve your life, relaxation, feminism, advice, tips

why are we always searching for the next thing? this week, we're discussing the hedonic treadmill, the arrival fallacy and consumerism. Ants relax - https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aan3891 Resilience & hedonism - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566034/ Where happiness comes from - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4380267/ Some things cause lifelong happiness -...

Singer/songwriter Olivia Bec joins us today to discuss how battling chronic illness in an able-bodied world shifted her views on rest & productivity. EVERYTHING OLIVIA: linktr.ee/oliviabecmusic sorry for the audio we tried everything x https://linktr.ee/collectingbugs self-help, self-improvement, environment, bugs, wellness, health, happiness, joy, nature, exercise, rest, capitalism, socialism, fr...

discussing decision fatigue, overstimulation, and the attention economy. https://linktr.ee/collectingbugs self-help, self-improvement, environment, bugs, wellness, health, happiness, joy, nature, exercise, rest, capitalism, socialism, freedom, glow-up, sustainable, reinvent yourself, improve your life, relaxation, feminism, advice, tips, work, workaholic, job, social media

discussing our obsession with hard work and where it comes from. https://linktr.ee/collectingbugs self-help, self-improvement, environment, bugs, wellness, health, happiness, joy, nature, exercise, rest, capitalism, socialism, freedom, glow-up, sustainable, reinvent yourself, improve your life, relaxation, feminism, advice, tips, work, workaholic, job

on the first episode of collecting bugs, we're discussing the benefits of putting your phone down and touching grass. earthing doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44ddtR0XDVU sources: - https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-09/documents/backgrounder.pdf#:~:text=Most%20people%20are%20aware%20that%20outdoor%20air%20pollution,more%20than%20100%20times—%20higher%20than%20outdoor%20levels....