Shaking Our Proclivity for Productivity
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Shaking Our Proclivity for Productivity

Whether it comes from a “Protestant Work Ethic”adopted by the Western world or the American Dream Seekers defining themselves through their Productivity, it’s still here and it’s exhausting and outdated. We’re at home against our will and still we can’t just BE. I think there needs to be a time, a moment when you have…

Self-Trust and The Need to Acknowledge Our Creativity
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Self-Trust and The Need to Acknowledge Our Creativity

At some historical point, modern thought leaders needed to listen to and value their own creativity to formulate their theories outside their culturally acceptable boxes. They had to weave together their absolute truths and go beyond the conformity edicts from their schooling. Consequently, we had the Civil Rights movement, Jung’s counter theories to Freud’s, and…

If Vulnerability Is Contagious, Don’t Read My Stuff

If Vulnerability Is Contagious, Don’t Read My Stuff

Why are we so ashamed of our vulnerability? That in pretending we fit in, that we’re just fine, A-OK, we remain isolated in a room full of people. Disconnected instead of connected. Our living fear is realized constantly. I am always somewhat taken aback when people tell me they just couldn’t be as honest as…