
Threat Orientation
Being oriented towards threat, towards danger, is how we operate as a species. Over the long haul, this has served us well, and is a

Being oriented towards threat, towards danger, is how we operate as a species. Over the long haul, this has served us well, and is a

Gratitude is a funny thing. It’s a terribly helpful corrective to our human tendency to see problems. It has the ability to get us out

This week was Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday of repentance and atonement. Every year on Yom Kippur, my wife says to me, “I’m sorry for

In physics and calculus, there’s a classic graph that plots time on the x-axis, and velocity on the y-axis. If you draw a line on

A lot of people talk to me about an empty feeling they feel inside them. Usually, it’s described as a void, a space that needs

I often feel my writing is a giant rip-off of what has come before me. Most of what I write about is repackaged wisdom that’s
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