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How Deconstructing Anxiety Makes Transcendence Possible

November 8, 2019March 1, 2020 11 min read Todd E. Pressman 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, 2019April 17, 2021 13 min read Jeffrey Howard Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Well-being, Emotions, 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.

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Happiness Precedes Success and Achievement

June 10, 2019October 7, 2021 6 min read Lisa C. Walsh, Julia K. Boehm, and Sonja Lyubomirsky Achievement, Emotional Well-being

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

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Interoception Can Enhance the Depth of Our Emotions

February 23, 2019June 1, 2020 7 min read Sarah Garfinkel Emotions, Mindfulness

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

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Honeybees and Zen During Ecological Collapse

February 14, 2019June 1, 2020 7 min read Heather Swan 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.

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

January 9, 2019October 7, 2021 6 min read Christian Jarrett 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.

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“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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