Neuroscience helps us understand how fear works and how we can work with it. A fear-arousing experience that hearkens back to a trauma from long ago will feel to us as though... Read more »
The following by John Steinbeck supports a well-lived life. “Greatness lies in the one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.” Steinbeck is encouraging us to risk fully participating in life, with... Read more »
My Aunt Hazel loved herself a good bodice-ripper romance novel. I remember as a child finding—okay, searching for—the dog-eared paperbacks under her bed. Each cover showed a hunky man with flowing hair... Read more »
Imagine being one of our Paleolithic ancestors and having to navigate the relative safety of the cave and all the presumably more dangerous places around it for food, forest bathing, and whatever... Read more »
Can we actually have a relationship with AI? I don’t think this is a trivial question, but one that deserves a closer look. In several earlier posts, I’ve presented the concept of... Read more »
If you have ever felt a sense of “is this it?” after achieving a major life goal, you are not alone. Most of us spend our lives following a roadmap to satisfaction... Read more »
When the scientific study of mind emerged in the 19th century, its founders faced a choice: what to call this new discipline? They chose psychology—from the Greek psyche. Not animology—from the Latin... Read more »
This weekend, I watched CBS Sunday Morning, which featured an interview with singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy. In the interview, Tweedy dropped a line that’s been echoing in my head, “Do not postpone happiness.”... Read more »
People tell me quietly that they do not feel enough in certain spaces. They say they become too visible the moment they enter a room. They explain that in one setting they... Read more »
Imagination enables us to think about possibilities and go beyond existing constraints. Imagination helps the decision-maker to mentally simulate possibilities, anticipate outcomes, and choose more wisely. Via imagination, we can safely explore... Read more »