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The Quiet Underneath: A Psychologist on Tiny Living, Small Spaces, and the Inner Work of Home

The Quiet Underneath: A Psychologist on Tiny Living, Small Spaces, and the Inner Work of Home

Drawing on seventeen years of clinical work, neuroscience, and her own move into a 600-square-foot duplex, Rebecca writes about what really happens.

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Tiny House Big Mind

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Aug 22, 2025

The Psychology of “Enough”

Why Chasing More Doesn’t Make Us Happier

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Tiny House Big Mind

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Jun 2

What Fit in Eighty Square Feet

A year of renting out my own home, the inventory it produced, and where the line was.

What Fit in Eighty Square Feet

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Tiny House Big Mind

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May 27

From the Tasting Room to the Outhouse

The minimalism genre tells you to pick a level of comfort and commit. The actual skill might be moving between them.

Woman wearing a black top with black and white houndstooth slacks holding a glass of wine. In the distance is a lake surrounded by green hills.

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The NeuroWellness Review

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May 27

Six Minutes With a Bird

What research on brief bird encounters is telling us about the smallest doses of nature.

Swimming pool in the foreground. Small white schnauzer walking along the right side. Behind a metal fence, desert landscape and sunset sky

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Tiny House Big Mind

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May 20

His Dad Built the Workbench

When we merged three households, the hardest objects weren’t the ones we disagreed about

Handmade wooden workbench with stains on the top from heavy use. It is sitting on the grass curb next to the street as a man’s hand and foot can be seen approaching from the left.

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The NeuroWellness Review

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May 19

I Kept Opening the Door Slowly

On losing pets, and the way the brain reaches for someone who isn’t there.

Close-up photo of a white schnauzer dog lying in dark green grass.

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Tiny House Big Mind

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May 13

The Dining Room Table Didn’t Make The Cut

A cross-border move does what a decade of minimalism didn’t

A bar-height table with a dark brown wooden top and a yellow table runner. It has black bar stools, and there’s a decorative plate on the table. Behind the table there is a window out to the yard with gravel and a bush.

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The NeuroWellness Review

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May 12

Three Men Named Christ

On Delusion, the Mind’s Defense of Itself, and an Experiment We Never Should Have Run

Three Men Named Christ

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Tiny House Big Mind

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May 6

Home Was Never the House

Attachment theory wasn’t written for nomads

Home Was Never the House

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The NeuroWellness Review

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May 5

The Psychology of False Memories

How can we be so confidently wrong?

Closeup view of a hot air balloon showing bright patches of fabric in yellow, pink, orange, blue, and purple.

Rebecca Bridger, PsyD

Rebecca Bridger, PsyD

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Dr. Rebecca Bridger (Cooper) has 17+ years of experience in the field of mental health & substance use recovery. She's a world-traveler & food enthusiast.

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