THE NUANCE

It’s Time to End the War On ‘Negative’ Emotions

It’s healthy and human to feel sad, worried, and uncomfortable.

Markham Heid
THE NUANCE
Published in
5 min readJul 25, 2023

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During the 1950s and 1960s, the writer and lecturer Alan Watts helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the West. In one of his recorded talks titled The Middle Way, Watts described the Buddhist recognition that the positive and negative…

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Markham Heid
THE NUANCE

I’m a frequent contributor at TIME, the New York Times, and other media orgs. I write mostly about health and science. I like long walks and the Grateful Dead.