The Flinch by Julien Smith — Book Response

Siddharth Chatterjee
4 min readFeb 26, 2023
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Flinch: to shrink back from pain or perceived discomfort.

This book is about being aware of the moment we flinch, and going towards what makes us flinch rather than away from it.

We tend to flinch away. This book is about flinching forward.

The kind of book this is

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Siddharth Chatterjee

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