Tag: Love

Comforting Thoughts on Death

Death terrifies because it confronts us with the unknown. Will we cease entirely, dissolve into nothing? Will we recycle into new forms, or step into a world beyond this one? The mind cannot map it, and so it trembles. Yet there are reasons for comfort. In nature, nothing is lost. Matter decays but becomes soil; … Continue reading Comforting Thoughts on Death →

The External Is A Shell – Focus on the Internal

Whether we are talking about relationships, or effectiveness in therapy, or true happiness. The thing you must remember is that the external: beauty, muscles, body, money, material wealth, and so on - is all a shell. The shell might look good, but the real important thing we must know is what the fuck is inside … Continue reading The External Is A Shell – Focus on the Internal →

You Didn’t Get The Message, And It’s Not Your Fault: How Texting (and WhatsApp) Is Terrible for Real Communication and is the Source of Many of Our Arguments

You Didn’t Get The Message, And It’s Not Your Fault: How Texting (and WhatsApp) Is Terrible for Real Communication and is the Source of Many of Our Arguments We live in a world where texting—WhatsApp, Messenger, SMS—has become the default way we talk. It’s instant, always available, and seems effortless. But after years of real … Continue reading You Didn’t Get The Message, And It’s Not Your Fault: How Texting (and WhatsApp) Is Terrible for Real Communication and is the Source of Many of Our Arguments →

The End of the Old World: Why Modern Life Feels So Hollow, Why Marriage is Dying (And What We Can Do About It)

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the concept of success—what it means, and more importantly, who gets to define it. By the popular standards of the Western post-1960s model, I should probably consider myself a failure. I didn’t go to prom. I didn’t party in high school. I didn’t even finish school the normal … Continue reading The End of the Old World: Why Modern Life Feels So Hollow, Why Marriage is Dying (And What We Can Do About It) →

Is Casual Sex Ethical? A Systematic, Logical Investigation into the Ethics of Sex

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Why You Feel So Lost – And What You Can Still Hold On To

Why You Feel So Lost – And What You Can Still Hold On To You wake up. You check your phone. Maybe you scroll through news or social media. Maybe you make a plan for the day, go to work, handle your tasks, reply to messages. But somewhere beneath it all, you feel a strange … Continue reading Why You Feel So Lost – And What You Can Still Hold On To →

Women Don’t Want the Badboy – They Want the Devoted Lover

What Women Actually Want: The Devoted Romantic, Not the "Bad Boy" There is a common myth circulating in male culture: that women want the cold, dominant, emotionally unavailable "bad boy." The aloof alpha. The rebel who doesn’t care. The man who disrespects everyone and somehow gets the girl. It's a narrative passed down in music … Continue reading Women Don’t Want the Badboy – They Want the Devoted Lover →