No Form of Success Can Ever Make You Feel Good Enough: How Our Thoughts Distort Our Accomplishments

When we seek out success, we sometimes search for purity. The worst thing that a high achiever can hear is, … More

Redefining Courage: Why We Should Stop Shaming People Who Struggle With Anxiety

Daniel Kahneman, the notable psychologist, warned that if we put pressure on another to do what we want them to, … More

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

Why Psychotherapy Can’t, and Shouldn’t, Make You Happy

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

You’re Both a Success and a Failure: How You Can Begin to Unlearn Self-Blame and Abuse

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

The Power of Forgiveness in Stoic Philosophy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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

The Jaws of Certainty: How Our Low Self-Esteem Pushes Love Away

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

Facing the Internal Mirror of COVID-19: Why We Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Self-Isolation

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

Addicted to ‘Wow’: Inside of the Mind of a Perfectionist

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