Archive - Actual Honesty

Optimism as Responsibility

To give up on this world is not an innocuous choice. Believing in love and in humanity matters.

Jul 22 •

The Commercialization of Intuition

And how we make our way back to that innate sense of knowing without knowing how we know.

Jul 15 •

Another Year of Life Worth Celebrating

It’s my birthday and I’m thinking about death.

Jul 8 •

Self-Surveillance is Not Empowerment

How therapy culture creep has convinced us we need to solve the problem of our humanity.

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Quit The Should-ing

The trap of trying to be the “kind of person” who is different than you are

Jun 24 •

I’m Tired of Hot-Button Think Pieces

We sacrifice connection when we outsource our decisions and opinions to strangers.

Jun 17 •

My late grandmother’s blessing.

Jun 10 •

A perfectionist’s nightmare; a perfectionist’s dream.

Jun 3 •

May 2025

The Inherent Friction of Life and Relationships

The cost of the frictionless life technology offers is certainly not ‘free’.

May 27 •

What The Wellness World Teaches Us About Control

Can we truly become free from being controlled by our desire to control?

May 20 •

Three Perspectives For a Better Life

The power of thinking differently.

May 13 •

Not Everything That Feels Bad is Disordered and That’s Ok

Your mental health still matters.

May 6 •

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