Psychology — Erraticus

How Deconstructing Anxiety Makes Transcendence Possible

November 8, 2019March 1, 2020 Todd E. Pressman 0 Comments Emotional Well-being, Transcendence, Truth

With the understanding that fear is the fundamental problem in being human, we have our starting point. To pursue this quest, we must fully deconstruct anxiety, reveal its origins and mechanism, and find its resolution.

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‘The School of Life’ Preaches Pessimism over Romanticism

November 5, 2019March 12, 2020 Jeffrey Howard 0 Comments Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Well-being, Emotions, Essential Reading, Romanticism, Schooling

‘The School of Life’ is on a crusade to avail us of our emotional ignorance. Philosopher Alain De Botton seeks to remedy the shortcomings of contemporary education systems and the institutions that have failed to instruct us in how to approach the big questions in life.

(Andreas Klassen)

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Happiness Precedes Success and Achievement

June 10, 2019June 1, 2020 Lisa C. Walsh, Julia K. Boehm, and Sonja Lyubomirsky 0 Comments Achievement, Emotional Well-being

Our cultural institutions have the story backwards. Focus on well-being instead of achievement, and success will follow.

(Ahmad Odeh)

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Interoception Can Enhance the Depth of Our Emotions

February 23, 2019June 1, 2020 Sarah Garfinkel 0 Comments Emotions, Mindfulness

Interoception offers us insights into “gut feelings,” revealing how bodily signals can guide emotion and cognition—to help us feel intensely.

(Boris Smokrovic)

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Honeybees and Zen During Ecological Collapse

February 14, 2019June 1, 2020 Heather Swan 0 Comments Ancient Wisdom, Buddhism, Environmentalism, Nature

Honeybees don’t only inform us of further ecological collapse but invite us into being more mindful: present and compassionate.

(Vadim Fomenok)

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‘Follow Your Passion’ Is Actually Good Advice (Sort of)

January 9, 2019June 1, 2020 Christian Jarrett 0 Comments Achievement, Emotional Well-being

Here are five recent research findings worth considering when weighing the wisdom of “follow your passion” or pursuing a calling in life.

(Connor Moynihan)

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Anxiety Due to Absence of Exposure to Real Danger

January 6, 2019June 1, 2020 Arash Javanbakht 0 Comments Emotional Well-being

To better understand how anxiety works in us, we have to see fear in the context where it evolved—with hunter-gatherers thousands of years ago.

(Benny Jackson)

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Psychological Studies Overlook 85 Percent of People on Earth

November 18, 2018June 1, 2020 Daniel Hruschka 0 Comments Epistemology, Philosophy of Science

We can’t make claims about human nature when studies only represent a narrow slice of humanity: mostly college students, middle-class respondents living near universities, and highly educated residents of wealthy, industrialized and democratic nations.