Think of media like an organism. To survive, it must adapt and evolve. Ultimately, the lifeblood of media is attention. Without attention, there’s no monetary value in it. Without attention, there’s no media. Media needs people’s attention to survive, so it must always optimize for attention. In a globally interconnected Read more…
Want to hear something crazy? (By “normal standards” at least) I’ve only watched one full season of a TV show in the last 10 years. Actually, I don’t even own a TV, which is another tangent to fill a book. But I want to talk about the one show I Read more…
Have you ever wondered… About what level of consciousness you’re truly at? Not in terms of it being a contest, or to say you’re better/worse than other people, but as a kind of inner GPS that simply tells you where you are. As humans, we tend to have very distorted Read more…
Are you afraid of your own shadow? I’m not talking about the silhouette of yours on the ground; I’m talking about the psychological shadow. In Jungian psychology, the shadow is the collection of aspects of yourself that you deem unwanted or undesirable and hide deep in the caverns of your Read more…
“Repression is the hidden force behind illness.” – Dr. Arthur Janov We all hold onto so much unwanted baggage. Most of us go through life brimming with repressed emotions, desperately attempting to keep the lid on it all. Combine our spongelike subconsciousness (particularly in childhood) with a society heavily based Read more…
Note: This is a guest post by Katie Kapro. Some of my closest – and most spiritually badass – friends are independent counselors. It’s a career that attracts sensitive, resilient, and altruistic souls. It asks a lot of them. And it gives them the opportunity to give back to their Read more…