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Is Love Biological or Is It a Cultural Phenomenon?


“Love is a set of emotions and behaviors characterized by intimacy, passion, and commitment. It involves care, closeness, protectiveness, attraction, … More

Love, Love Biological or cultural

What Is Love?


The three components of love are: intimacy, passion, and commitment. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/first-blush/202104/what-is-love

Love

The Man Who Wouldn’t Lie


“After decades of this, I’d had enough awkward conversations, been laughed out of enough job interviews, rejected by enough friends, … More

Honesty, Lying, Telling the Truth

Rebellious Psychopaths May Also Be Creative Geniuses


If you are able to switch off your empathy, find yourself making highly impulsive decisions, and tend to not feel … More

Creativity, Psychopath

Are Creative People More Likely to Be Psychopathic?


Of the many traits associated with psychopathy, creative ability is likely not the first one that comes to mind. The … More

Artists, Creativity, Psychopath

How to Stop Worrying in Five Steps


If you worry about one specific thing (e.g., work, kids, money) but you don’t worry about everything, you should consider … More

How to stop worrying, Stress, Worry, Worrying

Is There Such a Thing as Unrequited Love?


Very often, I wish to suggest, the object of allegedly unrequited love is a fiction, or rather, a fictionalized version … More

Love, Unconditional Love, Unrequited love

Three Pillars of Permanent Happiness


New psychological research suggests that autonomy, mattering, and age are three important components of happiness. While the age component will … More

Happiness

There’s No Such Thing as Constructive Criticism


by Tony Schwartz in Harvard Business Review The problem with criticism is that it challenges our sense of value. Criticism implies … More

Constructive criticism, Criticism, Feedback

Psychedelics and Spirituality


Psychedelic drugs are a hot topic right now. These controversial substances are showing promise as both psychiatric treatments and research … More

mystical experiences, psychedelics, Spirituality

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