Identity
This realisation is alarming at first, but it's ultimately deeply reassuring. As the UK organisation Action for Happiness likes to point out, one of the biggest causes of misery is the way we chronically "compare our insides with other people's outsides". We're all mini-New York Timeses or White Houses, energetically projecting an image of calm... See more
Oliver Burkeman • Everyone is totally just winging it, all the time
This is especially so in a world where the term “emotional safety” is often used to mean I don’t have to listen to any point of view that’s different from mine, that I don’t like, that I think is wrong, that will hurt my feelings, or that
Brené Brown • Braving the Wilderness
the elevation of emotion over reason and of the senses over the intellect; an introspective orientation and fascination with the self; hypersensibility and heightened awareness of sentiments and moods; a keen interest in strangers and strangeness; the pose of a contrarian; a belief in community combined with a need for solitude; an appreciation for
... See moreTim Leberecht • The Business Romantic
You don’t immediately think, “This tiger needs to go to tiger therapy and get a prescription for tiger anti-depressants so it can feel better about living in a zoo and stop feeling sad about having to suppress its wild instincts”. You don’t think the tiger needs to “get over it” and make the most of its situation. You don’t consider showing the
... See moreJonathan Carson • A Call to Rebellion: A New Story About Depression
procrastination is not a character defect; rather, it is an attempt—albeit an unsatisfactory one—at coping with the often incapacitating fear of having our worth held up for judgment.
Neil Fiore • The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
You will always belong anywhere you show up as yourself and talk about yourself and your work in a real way
Brené Brown • Braving the Wilderness
Emotionally unavailable men were taught as children that there is NO WAY to negotiate the storm. Emotionally unavailable men were taught that they don’t have what it takes to make things different.
