Tag: psychology
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The Red Book, Episode 6: Carl Misplaces Philemon Again
Jung scans the horizon looking for guidance. Behind him, Philemon quietly waits with the answer. A comic about spiritual searching, misplaced certainty, and the strange human habit of overlooking what is already present.
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How Chronic Executive Control Quietly Exhausts the Mind
Some people move through life with an internal manager that never clocks out. Even during quiet moments, part of the mind remains active — organizing tomorrow, revisiting yesterday, evaluating the self in real time. This reflective neuroscience-informed essay explores executive functioning, chronic self-monitoring, burnout, flow states, and what happens when the mind finally loosens its…
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The Swiss Cheese Model for the Self
I’ve been through maybe a dozen hospital onboarding orientations over the years, and every single one spent a significant amount of time explaining something called The Swiss Cheese Model. Hospitals care deeply about this and it’s not because they’re enlightened (trust me). It’s because complex systems become dangerous when people are afraid to report mistakes.…
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The Stories Women Learn to Tell
What if the harshest voice in your life isn’t coming from other people at all? A reflection on self-perception, inner criticism, and the stories women quietly tell themselves in the mirror.
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The Scaffolding
Maybe adulthood truly begins the moment we realize much of our inner world was assembled before we were old enough to examine it. Our ideas about love, responsibility, rest, suffering, and even God can become invisible scaffolding quietly holding up the architecture of the self — until one day, it no longer works. This is…
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Focus, Fear, and the Fragile Architecture of Attention
What if focus problems are not failures of discipline, but signs of an overwhelmed nervous system? This neuroscience-informed exploration of executive control, ADHD, stress, and flow states examines how the brain filters reality — and why spacious attention may begin with safety, not force.
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Why the Gnostic Creation Story Resonated So Violently With Me
What if the Gnostic creation story was never just about the cosmos… but about us? A mythic exploration of Sophia, the ego, intuition, logic, and the human longing for wholeness.
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Why Logic Fails with Irrational Fears
My most recent forehead slap moment. Exploring irrational fears.
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My Punk Kid Hero
When self-protection comes out as rage. This is my personal experience and insight in loving my inner punk kid hero.
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Balancing Executive Control: A Guide to Better Focus
Understanding Executive Functioning and the DLPFC, under/over stimulation. Concepts such as you are not your thoughts, acknowledging your humanity.