Any attempt to understand human relationships leads to an exploration of attachment and the importance of parent-child bond. Though my YouTube channel has been indirectly attentive to these themes, there are a few videos where I have approached the subject. In this post, I give an overview of the material from three videos. If you’d…
Category: Psychology in Everyday Life
The Evolution of a Collaborative Reading Community
A unique reading group, started by a PhD holder in psychology and YouTuber, breaks the mold of typical book clubs. This post describes the group’s laid-back approach to discussing a wide range of texts, emphasizing open dialogue, philosophical pluralism, connection to everyday life, and personal perspectives. Find out what makes these discussions so engaging, and get a sneak peek at their future plans.
The Desire for Unity of Character in Others
Only in the past few years have I started to accept that each person is a blend of many things, rather than being a consistent, unified whole. It took me a couple of decades, as a student of psychology and as a person living among other people, to grasp this basic fact about human beings…
Review of ‘The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths’ by Anna K. Schaffner
Self-help is a tricky subject. Depending on the audience, it can provoke intense sympathy and intense skepticism. A dismissive attitude toward the current self-help culture can point to the lack of substance and depth in the popular material, the deceitful and self-serving “gurus,” the hyper-optimism of followers, the fixation with “positive thinking,” the unrealistic promises,…
Being with Others
Connecting to your past, to your history, to your language, to your family, should not be done only for its own sake, or–even worse–for the sake of acquiring the comfort for being with the in-group. Connecting to your history shapes your presence, sharpens it, makes it truthful. That is the justification for pursuing the connections,…