Gordon Neufeld (1947) Canadian psychologist
The Keys to Well-being in Students, Presentation to the X NIS International Conference, Astana, Kazakhstan, 26 October 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hG_p7sujU)
“We don't attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to tbe true in the moment.”
Source: Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
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