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We do not grow old as long as we strive to improve ourselves.

Magazine / Mind & Psychology

Hyperbolic Discounting: $100 Now or $200 Later?

Oct 13, 2025 · Economics / Psychology

We are wired for instant gratification. We value the present disproportionately more than the future, leading to bad long-term decisions.

Academy / Psychology

Anxiety & The Leap: Kierkegaard's Dizziness

Oct 10, 2025 · Existential Psychologist

“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” Do not try to eliminate anxiety. It is a signal proving you are free, and a springboard to leap to a new Self.

Magazine / Mind & Psychology

Availability Heuristic: What You See is All There Is

Oct 5, 2025 · Tversky & Kahneman

We estimate the probability of an event based on how easily we can recall similar examples. Plane crashes are rare but memorable, so we fear them more than cars.

Academy / Psychology

Addiction & Hungry Ghosts: The Unquenchable Thirst

Oct 5, 2025 · Spiritual Psychologist

“Every addiction is a substitute for seeking God.” Essence of addiction seen through Buddhist 'Hungry Ghost' concept. Spiritual hunger that alcohol, gambling, or smartphones cannot fill.

Magazine / Mind & Psychology

The Sunk Cost Fallacy: Knowing When to Quit

Oct 5, 2025 · Hal Arkes & Catherine Blumer

We stay in bad jobs, bad relationships, and bad projects because we've already invested so much. But the money is gone. The time is gone. Only the future matters.

Academy / Psychology

Depression & Dark Night of the Soul

Oct 1, 2025 · Spiritual Psychologist

“Depression is not a malfunction. It is the soul's hibernation.” Distinguishing clinical depression from spiritual exhaustion, and discovering the seeds of soul that grow only in the dark.

Magazine / Mind & Psychology

Authority Bias: Following the Leader

Sep 30, 2025 · Stanley Milgram

We have a deep-seated instinct to obey authority figures, even when they are wrong. Doctors, police, experts. The Milgram Experiment.

Magazine / Mysticism

Karmic Astrology: Bonds of Saturn and Pluto

Sep 25, 2025 · Karmic Astrologer

“Why you?” The person hurting us most might be a creditor coming to collect debt from a past life. Spiritual reasons for ill-fated (Saturn) and destructive (Pluto) relationships.

Magazine / Mysticism

Astrology for Parents: Nurturing the Moon Child

Sep 20, 2025 · Astro Parenting Coach

“Your child's body resembles yours, but their soul does not belong to you.” Knowing your child's 'Moon Sign' reveals the way of love they truly desire.