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In an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group on Facebook, somebody asked: “How do I persuade my mind that something isn’t really a threat?” My reply: “Easy. Just expose yourself to the thing you’re afraid of and learn from experience that it’s not a threat.” This was denounced as invalidating, glib, “a command”, and I was accused of…

A couple years ago, I wrote a blog post about music theory. I analyzed a Bach Invention and included a video demonstration. I was reluctant to post the videos, and for good reason: the classical music world is full of elitist snobs (listen to my podcast episode “Why I Hate Piano Teachers“). I had to…