Body and soul

There is a long history in the west of denigrating the body and privileging the mind.
Fear, courage, discernment

I had never heard of the US gymnast Simone Biles until one of my daughters was raving about her on Monday.
Non-binary

The psychotherapist Esther Perel observes that …
The better angels of our nature

Social scientist Nicholas Christakis has coined the term social suite …
Meta-stories

Today we had a post-covid visit with a friend we hadn’t seen for a long time.
Unprecedented

One of my favourite quips from 2020 was: “the unprecedented use of the word ‘unprecedented’.”
We work inward to work outward

Emotions are not stories.
Emotions

Emotions are not stories.
How we are

Humans may well be the only species with language for our emotions.
Past is prologue

Humanities professor John D. Niles, in a book called …