Wheel of Individuation
People love to appropriate language without ever doing the work demanded: the confrontation with shadow, the descent into the unconscious, the integration of what we’
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Self-Esteem as the Precondition for Surrender
It is a common error to conflate the act of surrender with the pathology of self-abnegation. In the popular imagination, the desire to yield control
Not My Shadow, Not My War
Carl Jung once said that “the most dangerous psychological mistake is the projection of the shadow onto others.” I feel that on this holiday break.
Interactive Mindfulness
What is Trance? Trance isn’t some rare, far-off state. It’s here. It’s everywhere. It’s what happens when the mind forgets its
The Edge of Philosophy
I watch the way psychology, therapy, and even spirituality crawl toward science, begging for legitimacy. They borrow its words. They dress themselves in its lab
Review: The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
Before I get into the review, I want to lay some groundwork. I don’t choose books at random. Every book I pick, I do
Romance, Brought to You by Late-Stage Capitalism: Fromm, Freud, and the Marketplace
Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving critiques several prevailing—yet deeply flawed—conceptions of love in contemporary Western society, often presenting them in a
Review: The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
Before I get into the review, I want to lay some groundwork. I don’t choose books at random. Every book I pick, I do
Romance, Brought to You by Late-Stage Capitalism: Fromm, Freud, and the Marketplace
Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving critiques several prevailing—yet deeply flawed—conceptions of love in contemporary Western society, often presenting them in a