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The People's Therapist

Personal blog · thepeoplestherapist.comhealthculture

The People's Therapist is a personal blog at thepeoplestherapist.com about health and culture. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.

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2010–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 1 in 2010

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

The blog is by a former lawyer turned therapist, with patients who are lawyers. One commenter links it as a memorable source, noting it is no longer active.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

A therapist's take on life, the world, you and me.

What Hacker News says?

  1. > But like my therapist said, who used to work in IT: “A deadline is missed. A cloud passes by. A squirrel climbs up a tree.” 1. Reminds me of a guy whose blog I used to read. He's a former lawyer, turned therapist, who has a lot of patients who are lawyers. (His blog is https://thepeoplestherapist.com - but it doesn't seem to be active anymore.) 2. Based on that memorable quote, your therapist may also be a Zen mas…

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    on “Ask HN: How often do your projects miss deadline”
  2. Submitted Magical Thinking as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted A Bucket of Cockroaches as a story · 3 points

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  4. Submitted Big Law as stepping into the ring with Mike - not worth it as a story · 2 points

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  5. Submitted By Your Fingertips [about burnout in law firms] as a story · 1 points

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