Most likely you have heard of the work of Joseph Campbell, the American writer and teacher who made his mark…
Laziness Does Not Exist. But unseen barriers do.
People love to blame procrastinators for their behavior. Putting off work sure looks lazy, to an untrained eye. Even the…
Anxious People Focus on Negative Cues That Others Don’t
Let’s pretend for a moment you’re giving a presentation in a room full of very important people. You want their…
How we think affects everything from our ability to solve problems to how we understand meaning, value, and purpose
Late historians Will and Ariel Durant spent four decades of their lives studying, compiling, and writing the history of Western…
Introverts Aren’t Antisocial, They’re Selectively Social
Sometimes it’s easy to tell when someone is an introvert. In large groups, we “quiet ones” can usually be found just…
Ego & Fame
The well-known phenomenon of “name dropping,” the casual mention of who you know, is part of the ego’s strategy of…
Flow – The key to unlocking meaning, creativity, peak performance, and true happiness
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s investigations of “optimal experience” have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness…
12 stages of burnout according to psychologists Herbert Freudenberger and Gail North
We often don’t realize that we’re suffering from burnout until it’s too late. When we push our creativity and productivity…
Pride pumps up our superiority, dignity contains gratitude – three vital differences between pride and dignity
Pride is often colored by a self-view of being better than others. In particular in the art and music scene…
The Politics of Conspicuous Displays of Self-Care
There are 1.6 million images tagged with #selfcare on Instagram and a few million more on Twitter and Tumblr, most…
The science behind the rise of narcissism
The rise of individualism (with its focus on the self and inner feelings) and decline in social norms that accompanied…
The Benefits of Emotional Awareness
The key to having a choice about your emotional behavior is to be aware of the fact that you are…
Caring for Your Introvert – The habits and needs of a little-understood group
Do you know someone who needs hours alone every day? Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can…
Self-criticism can take a toll on our minds and bodies. Why we should stop being so hard on yourself.
“We’re all our own worst critics.” Ever heard that one before? Yes, it’s an obnoxious cliché, but it’s not just…
Happiness is determined not by what’s happening around you, but what’s happening inside you
In a particularly low moment a few years back, after arriving friendless and lonely from Britain to live in the…
Mental Support for Creative Minds 