When we're in a new place, we've all wondered where the bathroom is. And the automatic answer that comes to mind is: "Down the hall to your right". But this isn’t always the case. In fact, most of the time, to know where the bathroom is, we have to ask again or go and find it ourselves. This seems like a good analogy for a space where I can only give you some coordinates.
The way to it, however, you will have to discover yourself. My role is only to channel different ways of seeing and explaining how we function. I present them to you and raise questions so you can find your own answers or at the very least, start to go out and look for them.
You might associate narcissism with high self-esteem, but maybe you already sense that both have very different developmental pathways and outcomes. Actually, narcissistic people score really badly in high self-esteem.
If they constantly seek for positive social feedback and external approval, it is precisely because they don't actually think they are worth it. They need a constant
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Mindfulness could be defined as awareness of your thoughts and feelings without being consumed by them. Assuming this definition, cognitive fusion might be the problem. When you infer that you are your thoughts, that this thought that's in your head is the Truth and, what's
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5 essential questions. That simple but paradoxically that rare.
5 questions we should be asking ourselves constantly, specially, when confronting a controversial situation.
Wait, what? The root of all understanding.
I wonder..? The heart of all curiosity.
Couldn't we, at least..? The beginning
Not to be discussed that Purpose is a universal human need, as Joseph P. Carter highlights in his magnificent article: "without it, we feel bereft of meaning and happiness".
But
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Frances Frei, a professor of technology and operations management at the Harvard Business School, nails it when she states that Trust is the foundation for everything we do. Reason why in
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Loneliness and solitude are not directly opposites, but they are extremely different by definition. And the first, is not an intrinsically consequence of the second.
"Loneliness only occurs when that specific, individual requirement goes unmet" -as Olivia Laing beautifully states in
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