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Weekly Update 12/17
This week, a recurring theme is how easily anxiety and overwhelm escalate when the body is already stretched thin. Sleep disruption, health stress, and performance pressure amplify emotional reaction…
Published on 3 hours ago
The Man in the Sky
We explore the exhaustion inherent in clinging to traditional, flawed concepts of God—such as the punitive judge or the cosmic vending machine—which fail to align with observable reality and ultimate…
Published on 3 days, 21 hours ago
The Man in the Sky: Addendum
As an addendum to "The Man in the Sky", we offer practical triage for readers struggling with concepts like acceptance in the face of suffering. Individuals facing hardship are "actively on fire," at…
Published on 3 days, 21 hours ago
How Overwhelm Can Guide
We challenge the common view of emotional overwhelm as purely a sign of dysfunction or instability. Instead, we propose that intense feelings, particularly those related to mortality, grief, or loss,…
Published on 5 days, 13 hours ago
Weekly Update 12/06
This week’s sessions echoed a deep tension: the fear that our needs might push others away. Clients shared how quickly self-doubt or shame can take over, especially when trying to navigate closeness …
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
People-Pleasing Survival Strategy
We explore how compulsive generosity originates as a survival strategy learned early in life, often in dysfunctional families, where giving was transactional and required to gain safety or validation…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Self-Obsession Is Often Regulation
We challenges the common interpretation of self-obsession, elegantly reframing intense inner commentary—often mistaken for selfishness or vanity—as an automatic protective response originating in the…
Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Systems We Still Live By
We explore how the mind develops automatic survival systems early in life to navigate environments that feel confusing or unsafe. A core challenge arises because these deeply ingrained patterns do no…
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Weekly Update 11/26
This week, many clients found themselves wrestling with emotional reactivity in relationships—trying to stay present even when they felt dismissed, overwhelmed, or flooded with shame. Others noticed …
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Economic Democracy: How to Move Beyond Capitalism
We explore economic democracy as a structural alternative to capitalism, asserting that the current system is defined by exploitation and extraction where wealth flows upward at the expense of people…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago