The constant intrusion of electronic communications–Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, online dating sites, and more–can keep us from being creative and connected to our own thoughts. Here’s some good advice for managing distractions and organizing your mind, from Daniel J. Levitin, author of “The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload”: “Every status update…

Another good article from Philosopher’s Mail, this one on the benefits of therapy. Reason #3 is often the most helpful: Therapy bolsters a sane inner voice In the course of our lives, we will without doubt be exposed to a cast of terrible role models – and are at risk of internalising their unhelpful –

Why is it so hard to show our true selves to the people we love and trust the most? From Philosophers’ Mail: “where we don’t ‘communicate’ a message, we still manage to get our points across, but just in toxic forms. As the expression goes, we ‘act out.’ Unable to pin down in a rational

While Eastern meditation instructs us to empty our minds of thought, Philosophical Meditation instructs us on how to analyze our thoughts to create more calm and less anxiety: “At heart, it doesn’t believe that the contents of our minds are nonsensical or meaningless. Our worries may seem like a nuisance but they are in fact

“Trauma never goes away completely. It changes perhaps, softens some with time, but never completely goes away. What makes you think you should be completely over it? I don’t think it works that way…” “…Trauma is not just the result of major disasters. It does not happen to only some people. An undercurrent of trauma