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On Feeling Obliged
For some of us, our lives are guided – and hemmed in – by one overwhelming imperative: we must never…
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Three Essays on Flight
If we were tasked with showing a visiting Martian the best of human capacities, we could do worst than to take them to the airport for a look around.
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Henri Rousseau
The artist Henri Rousseau — who had no formal training, and who only began painting seriously in his forties — was ridiculed by the critics of his day. Yet he is now celebrated as a visionary genius.
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Charles Dickens’s Secret
Almost no other writer has ever been quite as successful as Charles Dickens. But Dickens spent most of his life hiding a terrible secret — one that helps to shed light on his peculiar genius…
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Yes, Maybe They Are Just Envious…
There’s a particular flaw to which modest, kind, self-punishing people are especially prone: an inability to believe that other people…
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How to Recover the Plot
On a regular basis, as often as every few days, we are prone to lose the plot of our lives.…
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The Usefulness Of Speaking Your Feelings To An Empty Chair
One of the simplest and most useful exercises that psychotherapy has gifted to us is known as the Empty Chair…
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What Goes With What
When it comes to design and clothing, almost without noticing, we tend to operate with a strong background sense of…
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Questions To Ask About Someone We Are Thinking Of Committing To
Imagine that we are wondering whether someone is right for us or not. Certain feelings pull us towards them; others…
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The Beauty of Komorebi
It is one of the most charming aspects of Japanese culture that it offers up a specific word for what…
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On Those Ruined by Success
For many of us, there is something (or many things) that we seem to really, really want. And then there…
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Why We Have Trouble Getting Back To Sleep
For those of us who have a lot to run away from – and that frightens us – in our…
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Self-Knowledge
Yes, Maybe They Are Just Envious…
There’s a particular flaw to which modest, kind, self-punishing people are especially prone: an inability to believe that other people…
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Self-Knowledge
How to Recover the Plot
On a regular basis, as often as every few days, we are prone to lose the plot of our lives.…
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Leisure
The Usefulness Of Speaking Your Feelings To An Empty Chair
One of the simplest and most useful exercises that psychotherapy has gifted to us is known as the Empty Chair…
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Leisure
What Goes With What
When it comes to design and clothing, almost without noticing, we tend to operate with a strong background sense of…
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Relationships
Questions To Ask About Someone We Are Thinking Of Committing To
Imagine that we are wondering whether someone is right for us or not. Certain feelings pull us towards them; others…
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Leisure
The Beauty of Komorebi
It is one of the most charming aspects of Japanese culture that it offers up a specific word for what…
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Self-Knowledge
On Those Ruined by Success
For many of us, there is something (or many things) that we seem to really, really want. And then there…
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Self-Knowledge
Why We Have Trouble Getting Back To Sleep
For those of us who have a lot to run away from – and that frightens us – in our…
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