Being Great Isn’t That Great: The Inevitable Distorted Thinking Involved in Success and High Achievement

Why are we chronically unsatisfied? Someone close to me once told me that she wanted to have everything she wanted … More

Do I Really Have to Love Myself Before I Can Love Others?: Against the Existential Ideal

Balancing what you can accomplish today with what you’ve done in the distant past is a challenging feat. All the … More

“… I keep pushing that rock up the hill over and over and it keeps falling back. And then I … More

In HOW TO BE AUTHENTIC: Simone de Beauvoir and The Quest For Fulfillment, Skye Cleary resurrects the prominent feminist philosopher. … More

I spent most of my life living in fear. As a kid, I was terrified of the dark and sleeping … More

My brain has a tendency to exaggerate. Sometimes, my mind idealizes and makes me believe that some goal I’m working … More

On episode 83, we welcome back philosopher Helen De Cruz to discuss how to teach philosophy through science fiction. Philosophy … More

It’s finally Super Bowl day, and my Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one game away from a moment I thought I’d … More

The existentialists notably wrote about the fear of the other’s gaze, of being perceived as something other than your ideal. … More

The question on my mind lately is: Why Do I have to Be Anyone? If life is this temporary thing, … More