Displaced Anger: How We Can Stop Blaming Others for Our Negative Thoughts and Emotions

If maturity is anything, it’s a mastery of one’s emotions. The other day, someone told me a story about how … More

Hero Worship As Self-Hatred: How Admiration Can Reveal Your Self-Esteem

“I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.” -Muhammed Ali … More

“While the daimonic (your dark emotions and impulses) cannot be said to be evil in itself, it confronts us with … More

A few years ago, I began a relationship with a girl who seemed interested in dating me, but asked if … More

Life is often viewed as a series of attempts and successes and failures, which we allow to define us throughout … More

The Stoic philosopher, Seneca, wrote: “The spirit ought to be brought up for examination daily… I pass the whole day … More

Evidence can be tricky. We often think of science as a purely objective endeavor, supported by the analysis of an … More

Existential dread is defined as: the fear of the groundlessness beneath us. In essence, it’s the fear of freedom, of … More

We think of addiction as entailing some sort of substance, whether a drug, alcohol, or even a video game that … More

We fear our thoughts more so than reality. The cognitive model of psychotherapy posits that our ideas about ourselves, others, … More