I think when young we have the need to be protected – we are dependent on care takers and authority figures to act as filters for us. As adults protection is often necessary when we are making big changes. This is in some tension with our need for autonomy and indpendence. This need of protection [...]
My guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog was prompted by the book The Black Swan. Because the future is uncertain it makes sense to spread risk – but this goes against being efficient. Especially in our relationships I think it makes sense for us to be inefficient. The post is called [...]
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I have a guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog. It is called Mirror Games: Confusion When We Influence Our Environment. It is about that difficult time in relationships when we aren’t sure who is influencing who and who is responsible for what, and it is awfully difficult to know what to [...]
I have a couple of friends who always seem to be processing the same issue at the same time. It may be intimacy or friendship or establishing an income. The issues have been quite varied. This happens even if they haven’t been in touch much in the time in between. They are around the same, [...]
Personal Development for Smart People: the conscious pursuit of personal growth by Steve Pavlina I like Steve Pavlina I like Steve Pavlina – I like his adrenalin-junkie style. I like how he pushes the boundaries and is always trying stuff (like sleeping twenty minutes every four hours instead in one block as usual). I like [...]
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