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Carl Jung – The Challenge of Becoming an Individual
“The way is not without danger.
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Carl Jung – How Secrets Act as Psychological Poison
The Swiss psychologist Carl Jung believed that a common cause of psychological distress was the possession of a secret – specifically a secret about…
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Why the Obsession with Mental Health is Making the Youth Anxious and Depressed
“…the methods and treatments mental health experts champion and dispense are making young people sicker, sadder, and more afraid to grow up.”
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The Dumbing Down of Humanity – Stolen Focus
“The sensation of being alive in the twenty-first century consists of the sense that our ability to pay attention—to focus—is cracking and breaking.”
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How to Achieve Something Great – Don’t Set Big Goals
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
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Vegetable Oils and the American Heart Association – Bad Science and Big Money
“How did we…get to the point where health-conscious consumers, truth-seeking journalists, and even doctors have overlooked the fundamentals of seed-oil…
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Why Vegetable (Seed) Oils are Killing You
“There is a noxious substance in your pantry—and likely your fridge and freezer, too.
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How to Cultivate Charisma – Become Socially Powerful
“…in controlled laboratory experiments, researchers were able to raise and lower people’s levels of charisma as if they were turning a dial…Charisma has…
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When Government Becomes the Enemy – Resistance Against State Injustice
The right to self-defense is perhaps the least disputed of all moral principles.
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The Loss of Intuition – Why too Much Consciousness is a Disease
“There is in us something wiser than our head.”
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Why Religious Myths Alleviate Existential Despair
Many see the myth as a relic of a bygone era, as a primitive and superstitious attempt to explain the world and our place in that is no longer needed in…
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How to Cultivate the Discipline of Great Suffering
“To live is to suffer; to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”
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