Variations in Post-Religious Growth

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Variations in Post-Religious Growth

Variations by religion and culture.

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Angry Young Men and Women

I don't think youth radicalization is primarily political.

Why Can't Men Stop Fact-Checking Women's Fear?

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Why Can't Men Stop Fact-Checking Women's Fear?

Because they aren't the same facts.

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Assessment Before Intervention. Always.

What treatment plan? We've just met them.

The Housework Gap Is Converging, But It May Never Close

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The Housework Gap Is Converging, But It May Never Close

The gap persists because of the structural forces shaping it.

There are a lot of scholars in the hell realms.

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There are a lot of scholars in the hell realms.

Something one of my Buddhist friends used to say when we got too intellectual.

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Anxiety is a bit like assent.

It’s pointless, but we do it anyway.

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Can This Relationship Be Saved?

There’s no universal answer, but there are better ways to ask the question.

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Is the manosphere gay?

I think it’s about something else

Subtle dynamics that can look like therapist bias.

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Subtle dynamics that can look like therapist bias.

Several commenters pushed this idea further.

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Meditation Isn’t One State of Mind

A recent study offers one possible explanation.

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March Reading Roundup

Emotional narratives, gender myths, and the hidden rules of modern relationships.

My Wife Doesn’t Understand Me (and It's Fine)

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My Wife Doesn’t Understand Me (and It's Fine)

Understanding isn’t everything.

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Men and Emotions

It’s not a trait, it’s a habit.

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Is Couples Therapy Biased Against Men?

But by the time I’d gotten a half-dozen like that, I started to wonder if I was missing something.

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The Myth of Rationality

We may think of ourselves as primarily rational, but that’s not what the science shows.

Substack’s Safety Debate is Really about Something Deeper

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Substack’s Safety Debate is Really about Something Deeper

Substack isn’t a newsletter anymore.

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February Reading Roundup

The cultural conversation around relationships has gotten louder.

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The Hospital on the Hill

A training experience in the remains of a psychiatric city.

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Identity is helpful. Until it isn’t.

Identity is complicated.

Tell us what’s going on. Start with a free phone consultation.