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Self-Worth As A Measure Of Output

Self-Worth As A Measure Of Output

It is a difficult time in human history right now to feel complete- to feel as if we are worthy enough for the images of lavish things we…
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A Dignified Approach To Loneliness

A Dignified Approach To Loneliness

Life’s obstacles are too often depicted as tangible manifestations of the consequences of our choices. Death, accidents, unexpected job…
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Kelly Fleming
The Utilitarianism of Gratitude

The Utilitarianism of Gratitude

In an era where the lines between psychology, philosophy, and self-help are often blurred, it becomes too easy to think of practicing…
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Kelly Fleming
On Breaking Addictive Behavioral Patterns: Leveraging Time, Space, And Hindsight

On Breaking Addictive Behavioral Patterns: Leveraging Time, Space, ...

It is too easy to succumb to the illusion that the time and space that define physical existence itself are the enemies we are attempting…
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The Role Of Free Will In The Pursuit Of Happiness

The Role Of Free Will In The Pursuit Of Happiness

The relationship between fate and free will is murky. Whether looking at this through the lens of biology, psychology, political…
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Kelly Fleming
Shadow Work In Digital Age

Shadow Work In Digital Age

In the world of psychology (and now, in the world of spirituality), the shadow is known to be the culmination of the unconscious (and…
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Our Disingenuous Obsession With Objectivity In The Modern Media Landscape

Our Disingenuous Obsession With Objectivity In The Modern Media Lan...

In the eyes of the Supreme Court, it’s long been understood that freedom of speech brings along with it a set of liabilities. People say…
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The Role Of The Individual In A Free Marketplace Of Ideas

The Role Of The Individual In A Free Marketplace Of Ideas

It was in the Supreme Court in 1919 where the term “Marketplace of Ideas” was coined. In the attempt to draw a parallel between the…
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Developing The Skills To Reframe Negative Experiences

Developing The Skills To Reframe Negative Experiences

Nobody sails through life without encountering feelings of rejection, sadness, loss, and other forms of misfortune. While generally…
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Kelly Fleming
How Envy Corrodes Our Sense Of Self-Efficacy

How Envy Corrodes Our Sense Of Self-Efficacy

Envy, not to be confused with jealousy, has an even more sinister internal effect when it is directed from us towards people around us…
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The Economy Of Public Discourse

The Economy Of Public Discourse

It’s easy to dismiss our desire for attention as just a byproduct of the changing media landscape. Sure, the new media landscape is…
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Kelly Fleming
On The Death And Decentralization Of God In The Modern World

On The Death And Decentralization Of God In The Modern World

God has been dead for over a century now, sure, but just because God is dead does not mean that God has totally disintegrated into an…
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How To Give Up On Love Without Becoming A Nihilistic Asshole

How To Give Up On Love Without Becoming A Nihilistic Asshole

One might successfully argue that the modern dating landscape is a more egalitarian (albeit more treacherous) scene to navigate than it has…
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How Self-Hatred Turns Us Into Hypocrites

How Self-Hatred Turns Us Into Hypocrites

Every human is flawed, we know. And yet, with our knowledge that it is perfectly normal to be a flawed human, it is often our unique set of…
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The Grieving Process That Precedes Personal Growth

The Grieving Process That Precedes Personal Growth

Adulthood is a constant engagement with our own personal growth, a transition of the parent-child relationship from the external world to…
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Kelly Fleming
The Case For Being A Hopeless Romantic

The Case For Being A Hopeless Romantic

For some, dating is not an area that causes much grief or anxiety. People who have a healthy self-image, who’ve had a healthy, stable…
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The Stoic Pathway To Happiness

The Stoic Pathway To Happiness

You may have heard of all different kinds of practices that people in the self-help community are promoting these days. Things like cutting…
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Existential Sadness vs. Nihilistic Happiness

Existential Sadness vs. Nihilistic Happiness

Whether or not it’s been laid out conspicuously, it would seem that as we continue the process of globalization and continue expanding…
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Kelly Fleming
How Unidentified Core Beliefs Shape Our Worldview

How Unidentified Core Beliefs Shape Our Worldview

How do we know what we really believe to be true about the world? About ourselves? About reality and our ability to change reality on both…
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Winning The War Between Logic And Impulse

Winning The War Between Logic And Impulse

Throughout most of the day, decision-making is generally so easy that we do not notice we’re doing it. Habits and behaviors, especially in…
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The Differences Between Relentless Optimism and Self-Gaslighting

The Differences Between Relentless Optimism and Self-Gaslighting

Being an optimist in a post-modern world is, really, only “easy” in theory. We all know relentless “optimists” who seem to believe that…
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The Complicated Role Of Physical Beauty In The Modern World

The Complicated Role Of Physical Beauty In The Modern World

It is no secret that physical beauty illicits a kind of admiration, wonder, even envy from others. As beauty fits itself into the world of…
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Grounding Yourself With A Morning Routine

Grounding Yourself With A Morning Routine

In a culture largely centered around success, there comes a desire to maximize the 24 hours we have in a day. Many success gurus have…
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Kelly Fleming
Why Your Beliefs About Human Nature Matter

Why Your Beliefs About Human Nature Matter

Religion has often been used as a tool to control (or at the very least, to help construct) an understanding of human nature that demands…
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The Art Of Self-Critiquing

The Art Of Self-Critiquing

We are all our own greatest critics, whether or not we are always fair to ourselves in the process of self-critiquing. A healthy…
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Kelly Fleming
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