Rediscovering Real Human Connection
It feel good to help people. It feels good to have loving and supportive friends who you can rely on to grab a drink or talk over something that's bothering you. It feel good to have a job you enjoy doing and aren't miserable for 40 hours of your week. Some people might think, well, … Continue reading Ethical Hedonism: A Little Sacrifice, A Little More Pleasure
I had difficulty in trying to write over the last several months. On one hand I felt what I was communicating was helpful to me and those who read it, but in my own journey I began to find the things I was writing about as increasingly vague and unhelpful. I try not to be … Continue reading The path to pragmatism; making psychology useful
"What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes." -Marcus Tullius Cicero The beautiful thing about water is that it can take any shape, comes in a large variety of forms, and can be both destructive and life-giving. You may have heard parallels between a life of flow and the quality of water, … Continue reading To be formless is to reach true freedom
"The thing about meditation is…you become more and more you." -David Lynch Meditation is unnatural. Animals don't do it, human babies certainly don't do it instinctively. Yet, it is one of the most important practices in the modern world. This is not because of what meditation does, but because of what it un-does (that's a … Continue reading Self-Trust is the ultimate goal of self-help
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” ― Seneca What's really going on when you want to get started on a new task at work, ask someone out, try to get a new job or prepare for a presentation? It seems like whether the task is big or small, it's often difficult to … Continue reading As long as survival is important, you’ll have anxiety
"It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen." - Herodotus I'm going to open up with a claim that might be difficult to accept, but you're bolder than you believe yourself to … Continue reading A tremendous breakthrough on the nature of boldness
I could put one of dozens clever quotes at the top of this post that would set the mood for some great life lesson I want to talk about, but not today dear reader. “If you are waiting for anything in order to live and love without holding back, then you suffer.” ― David Deida Alright, … Continue reading Confessions of a professional self-helper
