Annelisa

Sometimes I just want to take a day off from fixing myself, from practices and protocols that will enable me to become better or more . ....

Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2021, Vol. 61(2) 173–189 Tom Pyszczynski, McKenzie Lockett, Jeff Greenberg, and Sheldon Solomon Abstract...

When we are infants, feelings of shame or humiliation feel “bad”. As we adapt to our environment and to the moods, tempers and...

How awe neither denies nor catastrophizes death anxiety. By Kirk J. Schneider Ph.D. I've been hit with death anxiety or the fear of...

By Ewan Morrison Has COVID-19 changed the way you behave? Has it made you more depressed, defensive, or even aggressive? Since the...

By Mary Elizabeth Frye Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the...

Human children gain increased cognitive complexity as we grow, and with this comes the capacity for self-awareness. Still physically weak...

Remember that human infants are born in a completely helpless and vulnerable state while, at the same time, they are learning about and...

In this and my next few blog installments I will progressively explore my ongoing interest in death awareness, as it affects or...

A person who is committed to living an inner life, who is devoted to attending to the life of the soul . . . this person knows that death...

Cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker won a Pulitzer Prize in 1974 for The Denial of Death, arguing that fear of death is “the mainspring...

There are times I wake up in the morning and feel saturated with uncertainty, sadness, hesitation, resistance and dread. I feel immense...

Cruising through my days. Then the unexpected or unforeseen interrupts the smooth flow of my experience. Eventually, the current smooths...

With anxiety, stress, and sleep dysfunction skyrocketing around the globe, Max Strom takes a look at the unspoken reasons why. These...

Have you ever felt like other people don’t like you? Or maybe everyone is judging your appearance, your weight, your intelligence or your...