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November 6, 2020 joelbalsam online, Portfolio

CBC: The psychology behind pandemic decision making

Plenty of people (including myself) made huge life decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic – why? I interviewed Bruce Feiler, author of New York Times' bestseller Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age and Derek J. Koehler, a professor of psychology at the University of Waterloo. Read the story over at CBC Life.

Throwback to falling in love on warm Montreal nights, when your hair was short and my beard was long. Happy chocolate day @stephaniefoden!

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