Sharon holds a special place in our hearts here at Mindful. In our formative days, she was the first person to agree to a regular column, at which point we danced a little jig. She has appeared in every issue since. No one else holds that distinction. She was also always a pleasure to work with. She never missed a single deadline and was unfailingly collegial and flexible as we worked through suggested changes. We called her column “Brain Science,” but Sharon’s pieces went far beyond the brain alone to cover all facets of human behavior. She was a top-flight science journalist who probed deep questions without fear or favor—setting a high bar for our research reporting. In her unstinting commitment to evidence, Sharon gave our magazine starch and protein: content that could stick to the ribs. We will miss her. I know you, the readers, will miss her. And yet, her legacy of enthusiastic curiosity and endless investigation and inquiry will live on. She has baked it into Mindful’s DNA. “How Mindfulness Shifts Our Perception of Time” was Sharon’s final column for Mindful. In an accompanying note to our readers she said, “I will always be grateful to founding editor Barry Boyce for inviting me to explore with you the mysteries of how and why we think, feel, and act as we do, and am grateful for your thoughtful feedback. Never stop wondering.”
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