The Most Liberating Thing You’ll Learn
There are things about your life that you hate and can’t change. Maybe it’s a chronic illness. Maybe it’s a painful past. Maybe it’s something …
What struggle reveals and what it demands of you.
There are things about your life that you hate and can’t change. Maybe it’s a chronic illness. Maybe it’s a painful past. Maybe it’s something …
I failed at something important three years ago. I still haven’t told most people about it. Not because it’s shameful, exactly. More because there’s no …
Here’s an uncomfortable truth: you care way too much what other people think of you. You adjust your opinions to fit the room. You stay …
Resilience has become the great virtue of our age. Be resilient. Bounce back. Show grit. Adapt. Overcome. Persist. It sounds empowering. It’s often exhausting. Dr. …
We’ve engineered discomfort out of life. Uncomfortable temperature? Adjust the thermostat. Uncomfortable conversation? Change the subject. Uncomfortable emotion? Scroll until it goes away. We treat …
Nobody wants to hear that their suffering has a purpose. When you’re in it, when you’ve just lost your job or your relationship has ended …
There’s a specific kind of crisis that comes from being good at something you don’t love. I know because I’ve lived it. Fifteen years building …