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What our possessions mean to us, with Russell Belk, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

CHAPTER

How Do We Disentangle Ourself From Our Possessions?

Bob Greene: How do we disentangle ourselves from things that have all of this meaning and help define who we are? He says when his mother died, he had only a few days to try to dispossess her of these last sets of possessions. "I still found it very painful to put things in dumpsters or to call 1-800-GOT-JUNK," writes Greene. 'It was like throwing away a piece of my mother'

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