Does texting betray a fear of intimacy?
About Ira Israel
‘Obsession’: Film Review
The allegory of King Midas exposes the horror of the myth of romantic love.
The allegory of King Midas exposes the horror of the myth of romantic love.
The Therapeutic Industrial Complex
Personal Perspective: When therapy is commoditized and therapy-speak is ubiquitous.
Personal Perspective: When therapy is commoditized and therapy-speak is ubiquitous.
10 Truths Psychology Will Learn From Artificial Intelligence
The brain is a meaning-making machine hungering for certainty.
The brain is a meaning-making machine hungering for certainty.
Group: ‘The Schopenhauer Effect’: Film Review
This is a film every therapist — as well as anyone who needs a refresher on what it means be a loving and authentic human — should see.
This is a film every therapist — as well as anyone who needs a refresher on what it means be a loving and authentic human — should see.
Should Therapists Conduct Thought Experiments With Patients?
Techniques for facilitating vulnerability during therapy sessions.
Techniques for facilitating vulnerability during therapy sessions.
The Atheist’s Guide to Surviving End Times
We must let data inform us, but refuse to let catastrophe-porn become a lifestyle.
We must let data inform us, but refuse to let catastrophe-porn become a lifestyle.
The Real Purpose of Dating and Why Married Couples Should Never Stop
A real date is a small work of art.
A real date is a small work of art.
7 Tricks to Disarm a Contrarian Spouse or Partner
How to improve communication with a partner who keeps contradicting you
How to improve communication with a partner who keeps contradicting you
Would You Trade Your Life for the Life of a One-Hit Wonder?
What is it like to feel that magic — once — and then be forced into the purgatory of chasing the dragon for the rest of your life?
What is it like to feel that magic — once — and then be forced into the purgatory of chasing the dragon for the rest of your life?
A: ‘You Debate Everything I Say!’ B: ‘No, I Don’t!’
I characterize contrarian tendencies as a failure to attune.
I characterize contrarian tendencies as a failure to attune.
What Is Expensive?
Everything is relative: one hair on your head isn’t enough; one hair in your soup is too much.
Everything is relative: one hair on your head isn’t enough; one hair in your soup is too much.
‘Marty Supreme,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘The Testament of Ann Lee,’ ‘Nuremberg,’ and ‘Is This Thing On?’
Which You Need to See in Theaters and Which You Don't
Which You Need to See in Theaters and Which You Don’t
Do You Suffer From Telephone PTSD?
What once meant “opportunity,” now it signals “attention demand.”
What once meant “opportunity,” now it signals “attention demand.”
The 15 Coolest Things to Do in LA
Los Angeles is an awesome place to convene with like‑minded people in small venues to enjoy new music, food, art, comedy, yoga, lectures, and the occasional mind‑bending sermon.
Los Angeles is an awesome place to convene with like‑minded people in small venues to enjoy new music, food, art, comedy, yoga, lectures, and the occasional mind‑bending sermon.
Is There Such a Thing as ‘Capitalist Depression’?
What can we do to humanize late capitalism and make it less depressing?
hat can we do to humanize late capitalism and make it less depressing?