Blogs About Psycology
Do you ever dwell on past events, wishing you had done things differently? Do you ever wish the weeks away, living only for weekends? Do you ever argue with your boss, before you’ve even gotten out of the shower? This is how many people spend their days, lost in...
A guide to finding your true self beneath your chaotic mind. Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual teacher and author of The Power of Now, widely regarded as one of the most influential spiritual books of our time. At the age of 29, he experienced a profound inner...
We are naturally drawn towards negativity. That’s why you’re standing here today. We evolved a bias towards negativity in order to survive. The cautious lived, the fearless died — it’s that simple. Consider your ancestors strolling through the jungle thousands of...
Anthony de Mello was a Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, best-selling author, and spiritual teacher. His early life was dominated by rigid Christian beliefs, but over time, he began exploring Eastern traditions, and how they were related to his earlier views. This...
I spent most of my life mindlessly obsessing about the past and the future. I was consumed by anxiety and tormented by my mind, but completely unaware of the source of my suffering. To escape my pain, I used drugs, resulting in 15 years of chronic heroin addiction....
In John F. Kennedy’s speech about the Space Race, he announced that “America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.” JFK used this metaphor as a declaration for taking charge of the race. It’s a beautiful turn of phrase that epitomizes the power of metaphors....
If we want to speak to reality, sometimes we have to abandon our language. Ludwig Wittgenstein was a genius and one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Born into one of Europe’s richest families, he initially sought out the tutelage of the...
Listen to an interview with the author about this article on the Better Humans Podcast. For the past five years, I’ve been obsessed with language and self-talk, and how they relate to emotion. This obsession grew out of the realization that self-talk and anxiety drove...
When our minds hold onto negative beliefs, “I can’t cope, I’m a failure,” it looks for ways to sustain these beliefs. Thankfully, when we hold onto positive beliefs, “I can do anything I put my mind to,” the same rules apply. In his exceptional book, The Magic of...
Whitney Cummings is a highly successful comedian from Los Angeles. From 2011 to 2013, she produced and starred in her own comedy show called Whitney. During this time, however, she nearly destroyed her show because she was plagued by the toxic habit of...