Category: The Shrink and The Sage

“The trouble with the idea of being true to yourself is that it assumes we know what we are being[…]

“The charge that people seeking therapy are morally indulgent collapses. No one can be morally blamed for what they can’t[…]

“The harsh message of existentialism is that you can yearn as much as you like, but what you’re yearning for[…]

“Our instinctive emotional reactions may be very poor guides to what should really concern us. Whether we are wrong to[…]

“The best philosophical inner critic is neither nice nor nasty, neither gentle nor harsh. In fact, it’s a critic that[…]