Charlotte LiebermanAre You Bored of Your Own BS?Boredom can be a remarkably healing tool for overcoming bad habits.6 min read·Aug 1, 2019----
Charlotte LiebermanCan Ambition and Happiness Coexist?In Shakespeare’s tragedies, the root of betrayal, dishonesty, conspiracy — what makes these narratives tragic, in other words — is…10 min read·Apr 13, 2019--1--1
Charlotte LiebermanIs Self-Hatred Really That Heroic?A couple of months ago, I went to see a Functional Medicine doctor, whose practice brings together Western medicine and more holistic…6 min read·Jan 6, 2018----
Charlotte LiebermanThe Stories We Tell Ourselves“We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” Joan Didion famously began her 1979 collection The White Album. The aphoristic phrase later…5 min read·Nov 24, 2017----
Charlotte LiebermanAm I Self-Accepting or Being Lazy?Despite my successful memorization of New Age-y aphorisms about being present and loving oneself, I struggle quite a bit with…5 min read·Sep 25, 2017--1--1
Charlotte LiebermanAcknowledge Your Shit (Then Say No Thanks)“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the…6 min read·Jul 9, 2017----
Charlotte LiebermanAnxiety, Meditation + Fear of EmbodimentThe speaker of Robert Creeley’s poem “For Love” stutters these sharply enjambed lines just after gaining momentum at the beginning of the…5 min read·Jun 24, 2017----
Charlotte LiebermanThe Myth of the Authentic Self“Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented — which is what…6 min read·May 22, 2017--1--1
Charlotte LiebermanThe 25 Best & Worst Things that Happened to Me at 25I haven’t written a blog post in a couple of weeks. I have been feeling — admittedly — a bit stuck. My psychiatrist often encourages me to…8 min read·Mar 30, 2017----
Charlotte LiebermanWhen the Personal Doesn’t Feel Political (Enough)Have you ever signed a petition or deleted an app as a “political” gesture, without fully understanding the reasons or implications of your…9 min read·Feb 26, 2017----