Justin D. Henderson
@justinhenderson.bsky.social
I like to think deeply about improving individual and collective well-being. I'm a psychologist, educator, and scholar by training.
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AI will not save us time. The goal posts of productivity will simply move, and our lives will move even faster.
Read more in my latest article for The Burnout Onion.
Read more in my latest article for The Burnout Onion.
AI is Not Going to Save Us Time
Our Productivity-Obsessed Culture Won't Allow It
substack.com
February 28, 2026 at 4:25 PM
AI will not save us time. The goal posts of productivity will simply move, and our lives will move even faster.
Read more in my latest article for The Burnout Onion.
Read more in my latest article for The Burnout Onion.
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Building Better Habits While in Hell
Tending to our wellbeing when the world is falling apart
drjustin.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Reposted by Justin D. Henderson
The police chief in a small Minnesota city intervened to prevent ICE agents from arresting a local woman who had been observing and recording them from her car, when they took her into custody.
It's believed to be the first time a local police department in Minnesota intervened in an ICE action.
It's believed to be the first time a local police department in Minnesota intervened in an ICE action.
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to be the first time local police...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The police chief in a small Minnesota city intervened to prevent ICE agents from arresting a local woman who had been observing and recording them from her car, when they took her into custody.
It's believed to be the first time a local police department in Minnesota intervened in an ICE action.
It's believed to be the first time a local police department in Minnesota intervened in an ICE action.
Burnout spreads in workplaces. In my latest article, I discuss the factors that contribute to this issue.
#burnout #productivity #work #selfcare
#burnout #productivity #work #selfcare
Burnout is Contagious
Navigating the relational contexts of work stress
medium.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Burnout spreads in workplaces. In my latest article, I discuss the factors that contribute to this issue.
#burnout #productivity #work #selfcare
#burnout #productivity #work #selfcare
It was true then and it is true now!
March 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It was true then and it is true now!
What a lovely article highlighting my work on burnout. I've got a lot of things cooking right now on this topic! I genuinely love my job at Lewis & Clark College. It feels good to be seen at your workplace, to know that your work matters.
graduate.lclark.edu/live/news/55...
graduate.lclark.edu/live/news/55...
Do Less to Do More?
A Burnout Scholar’s Innovative Approach to Understanding Workplace Well-Being
graduate.lclark.edu
March 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
What a lovely article highlighting my work on burnout. I've got a lot of things cooking right now on this topic! I genuinely love my job at Lewis & Clark College. It feels good to be seen at your workplace, to know that your work matters.
graduate.lclark.edu/live/news/55...
graduate.lclark.edu/live/news/55...
Making meaningful change requires us to have a relationship to death—to let things go, to let paths we’ve never traveled stay idle, to let some things die.
Check out my newest article published in Better Humans!
#productivity #self-improvement #psychology
Check out my newest article published in Better Humans!
#productivity #self-improvement #psychology
All Change Involves Death
Endless growth is a destructive myth
medium.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Making meaningful change requires us to have a relationship to death—to let things go, to let paths we’ve never traveled stay idle, to let some things die.
Check out my newest article published in Better Humans!
#productivity #self-improvement #psychology
Check out my newest article published in Better Humans!
#productivity #self-improvement #psychology
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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A worsening measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine on the western edge of the state, where childhood vaccination rates have dwindled in recent years.
Measles Outbreak Hits Town in Texas
As of Tuesday, 22 children and two adults had been infected, all of whom were unvaccinated, local officials said.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A worsening measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine on the western edge of the state, where childhood vaccination rates have dwindled in recent years.
I got this five year journal where I jot a simple note or reflection each day. I’m grateful for this small activity to give me some space from the chaos of our age.
February 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I got this five year journal where I jot a simple note or reflection each day. I’m grateful for this small activity to give me some space from the chaos of our age.
The people who truly live dangerously are the ones who drive their car with a regular coffee cup in their hand.
February 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The people who truly live dangerously are the ones who drive their car with a regular coffee cup in their hand.
So with all this talk of deficits and spending—it’s important to remind Americans we could eliminate poverty with less than a percentage of our GDP. Americans throw away more food than we would need to invest in actually helping our communities. No MAGA wants more for the rich, always more.
February 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
So with all this talk of deficits and spending—it’s important to remind Americans we could eliminate poverty with less than a percentage of our GDP. Americans throw away more food than we would need to invest in actually helping our communities. No MAGA wants more for the rich, always more.
Andrew Natsios, Bush appointed, former USAID administrator notes the absolute disaster of what is going on.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump’s Assault on USAID Makes Project 2025 Look Like Child’s Play
“I have never seen a government action have such an immediate impact.”
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Andrew Natsios, Bush appointed, former USAID administrator notes the absolute disaster of what is going on.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Google “does the department of education set the curriculum?” There, you know more than congress!
They have no legitimate legislative agenda. They have no interest in aiding Americans. They just want to burn it all down for the oligarchs.
They have no legitimate legislative agenda. They have no interest in aiding Americans. They just want to burn it all down for the oligarchs.
February 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Google “does the department of education set the curriculum?” There, you know more than congress!
They have no legitimate legislative agenda. They have no interest in aiding Americans. They just want to burn it all down for the oligarchs.
They have no legitimate legislative agenda. They have no interest in aiding Americans. They just want to burn it all down for the oligarchs.
What we are seeing from the Orange Party is a form of white narcissistic injury whereby, to conceal their white shame (which is often too painful), they react with rage. You can read more about the myths of white guilt in an article I wrote a some years back.
medium.com/an-injustice...
medium.com/an-injustice...
The Myths of White Guilt
And other reasons white people take systemic racism too personal
medium.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
What we are seeing from the Orange Party is a form of white narcissistic injury whereby, to conceal their white shame (which is often too painful), they react with rage. You can read more about the myths of white guilt in an article I wrote a some years back.
medium.com/an-injustice...
medium.com/an-injustice...
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It is an unfortunate fact—and one the US and the world is about to viscerally learn through the Trump administration—that competence is required to fix things, but not to break them.
February 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It is an unfortunate fact—and one the US and the world is about to viscerally learn through the Trump administration—that competence is required to fix things, but not to break them.
Elon Musk is proof that true wealth does not come from money or material possession. This person who has all this material wealth lacks true wealth in wisdom, community, and meaning. In these, he is woefully bankrupt. We revere the wrong people in our culture.
February 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Elon Musk is proof that true wealth does not come from money or material possession. This person who has all this material wealth lacks true wealth in wisdom, community, and meaning. In these, he is woefully bankrupt. We revere the wrong people in our culture.
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RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
February 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
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The Dumbest of Trade Wars enacted by the Dumbest Administration for these Dumbest of Times.
I’ve got to agree with the Wall Street Journal editorial board this time.
February 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Dumbest of Trade Wars enacted by the Dumbest Administration for these Dumbest of Times.
This is a reminder that we, Americans, all rely on government programs.
February 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is a reminder that we, Americans, all rely on government programs.
96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their lives. I don’t think the majority of voters understand, but soon will, what happens when a government fails to conduct its duties as designed.
February 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their lives. I don’t think the majority of voters understand, but soon will, what happens when a government fails to conduct its duties as designed.
We get to choose whether our mind is captured by despair and doom.
Finding Meaning in the Decline
It can be healthy to take a step back and chuckle at our folly.
dr-justinhenderson.medium.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We get to choose whether our mind is captured by despair and doom.