{"id":2894,"date":"2025-12-04T10:34:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/mental-health\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:06:13","slug":"the-goldilocks-theory-of-solitude-by-madelyn-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/2025\/the-goldilocks-theory-of-solitude-by-madelyn-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"The Goldilocks Theory of solitude: By Madelyn Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl 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