If death is the antithesis and killer of life, then anxiety comes in at a very close second. The most…
How Overprotecting Your Child Impedes Their Growth: The Downside of Being a Helicopter Parent
Being someone who’s grown-up with an overprotective parent, I know how difficult it is to feel confident, and competent, in…
Self-Worth Increases Relationship Standards
It seems as though each cultural blog and website you go on deals with issues in relationships, in particular difficulties…
Culture is Not Your Friend
“The belief that “honor demands it” promotes not only honor suicide, but “honor killings” of family members as well. The…
Finding Myself in Siddhartha: A Boy’s Quest for a Father
In 1922, Hermann Hesse wrote a book that captivated a changing world. He told the tale of Siddhartha, a boy…
Strategies for Alleviating the Terror of Death: How to Accept that You’re Going to Die (Updated Text and Link)
I recently presented my blog, My Best Friend, Death, at a meetup of professional writers, and received a bunch of questions…
Hangin’ With The Homeboyz – A Tribute to My Childhood Friends
One of my favorite films of all time is a 1991 cult classic entitled Hangin’ With The Homeboyz, starring John…
You’ll Never Know How Much You Mean to Me – A Poem about the Relationships which Heal Us
You’ll never know how much you mean to me Your words are forever burned into my memory You’ll never know…
The Elephant Man – A Poem about an Outcast
Deep into the shadows, his deformities out of sight The man whom they call Elephant hides away from the brilliant…
Our Misuse of Language and How It Affects Our Health
There’s a well-known, and sometimes detested, tradition in the field of analytic philosophy which pertains to the use of language,…
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