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How to experience more of reality

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What is reality? 
People have debated this for centuries. Is reality objective — something definite that exists independent of us? Or is it subjective, existing only in our individual heads? 
Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, argues it’s neither. Instead, she believes reality is relational.
Relational reality explained
So, what does relational reality mean? 
Barrett offers this example: Suppose you tell your therapist you’re

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