Am I alone out there in feeling god-awful sick of Jordan Peterson? Dude apparently knows everything about pretty much everything—at least thinks he does? I’ve watched extensive videos of his debates, where …
by Patricia Valenti I have a coworker who sometimes irks me. For one, she needs to have everything perfectly in place for her to kick-start the smallest of actions. For example, she …
In connection with highly self-centered personalities, you often hear variations of the question, “Can he/she be helped?” “Can I be helped?” “Is it futile to imagine he/she can change?” Here’s the quick, …
Live scared, that’s all there is to it. Life’s scary, so let’s stop trying so hard not to be scared, or less scared. Let’s just be scared, it’s totally normal. There’re a …
It’s hard being a human being. We could be forgiven for seeing a bird, cat, dog, squirrel, or ant, and think, “Jesus, why couldn’t I have born that?” Not that wild animals …
We can live in the world as hosts, or live in it as guests. I want you to stop living like a guest. You’re an inhabitant of the world, not a guest. …
Ever been in a situation where someone’s jerking you around baldly, brazenly, unconscionably? It’s called “gaslighting,” the process of someone’s messing with your perceptions and reality, but pretending, insisting they’re not. Most …
Here’s what you do when someone you’ve been involved with withholds proper, satisfying closure: You accept it. You accept that you won’t get the closure you wanted. You embrace the absence of …
So, here’s everything you need to know about being a human being. Being a human being, especially if you’re a smart, sensitive, thoughtful human being, guarantees ongoing experiences of insecurity, self-doubt, anxiety, …
We’re all surprisingly committed individuals, inasmuch as we’re all invested pretty seriously in our habits and patterns, productive or not. Think about it: what’s the difference, commitment-wise, between someone who gets up …