In spite of its constant failures, many in society (and medicine) still believe in the choice and disease models of addiction. But, a new model based on trauma is taking root. And it’s proving to be far more effective at treating addiction.
Defense Against The Assault on Attention
Social Connections Have Supernatural Power to Change Us
There is groundbreaking research into the power of community. We become like the people we surround ourselves with. But it’s even spookier than that. It’s not only the people we’re in direct contact with who influence our behavior. The research shows that we are even affected by our friends’ friends' friends.
How Our Mental Habits Destroy Work Satisfaction
There’s a thin chance you'll have an industrial-style, widget-churning job. And even if you do, that daily task won’t fulfill you. You'll feel empty, a shell of a person, only partly developed. Because, on a deep, psychological level our work has to matter. And doing something that matters means doing deep work. The shallow life of pleasure, comfort, and distraction has failed. So, what else will you do with your working life except deep work?
5 Tips to Tap into The Creative Flow
A creative is one who invents, explores, and innovates. But it’s an illusion when others see us creating, since they think we have something they don’t. The cold, hard truth is that passion and creativity can’t exist without nurturing. We must do whatever it takes to ignite the creative spark again and again.
The Feminine Nature of Floating
Harnessing Sexual Energy: The Restraint Challenge
How to Hack Your Creative Brain Like Edison
Do The Work: The Tough Secret To Freedom and Fulfillment
I got hooked on this spiritual brand of "freedom." It was a quest in the realm of the psyche, pursuing the Buddhist notions of liberation and enlightenment. I sought internal freedom, which became another attachment serving an ulterior motive.
How could freedom be synonymous with hard work? Next to each other in a sentence, they seem to create an immediate paradox. How do struggle, strain, and toil relate to feeling untethered, sovereign, and carefree?
5 Ways to Maximize Floating and Overcome Plateaus
Your experiences while practicing floatation therapy and sensory deprivation are just as varied. Fluctuations are natural. Life comes in waves, cycles, seasons, rhythms, and patterns. You may have floats where you see the face of Buddha, implode into yourself without a sense of space or time, or find yourself meditating in an ancient cave with giant yogis telling you that life is to be lived outside. You may also have floats where you experience nothing.