Inner Life

Explorations of attention, awareness, meaning, and the inner world: how we find clarity, steadiness, and perspective.

What Jordan Peterson means when he talks about reasons for living

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The five stages of grief were developed by studying people who were dying, not people who were grieving a loss, which means the model most people reach for in their worst moments was built for a different experience entirely

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We treat uncertainty as something to escape as fast as possible — but the brain that tolerates it is more open, flexible, and curious. And we may be training that capacity out of ourselves

  • 6 min read

Quote of the day by Charles Darwin: “If I had to live my life again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”

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Why emotional clarity is harder to reach than most people think

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Why perfectionism quietly destroys your ability to communicate clearly

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The science behind why solitude improves the quality of every decision you make after it

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The negativity bias shapes almost everything you feel and most people never notice it

  • 6 min read

The difference between being at peace with your life and just being resigned to it

  • 5 min read

Why the people most committed to growth are sometimes the hardest to be around

  • 7 min read

The psychological cost of pretending to be fine when you are not

  • 7 min read

The quiet cost of overthinking everything you feel

  • 5 min read
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