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My name is Shelly Johnson, and I am a writer and philosopher with a Ph.D. in philosophy. One of my primary personal and philosophical interests is how we can learn to love ourselves and each other better in order to cultivate personal and political resilience. I teach ethics and a variety of other courses at a local college. I am the author of the blog Love is Stronger. I am also the author of three logic and critical thinking books for high school and middle school: _Argument Builder_, _Discovery of Deduction_ (co-author), and _Everyday Debate_, published by Classical Academic Press. You can reach me at shellypruittjohnson@gmail.com.
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These are such healthful sentiments, Shelly. You have a way of condensing complicated information into something that makes perfect sense and feels achievable. I love the last point about giving yourself permission to be imperfect.
Ali, that is one of the nicest compliments anyone could pay me. As a philosopher, I am always a little concerned about being unnecessarily complicated, and I worry about that in my blog because I often bring philosophy indirectly into it. So, it makes me happy that these points feel sensible and achievable to you. And giving ourselves permission to be imperfect is so important, isn’t it?
Such a wonderful, warm, and timely reminder to be good to ourselves. Summer is always the time I’m hardest on myself, especially when I put on a swim suit!
So kind, M.B. I have these same problems in the summer time, so I really sympathize!