Category: The Shrink and The Sage

“Superstition is a brilliant song, but Stevie Wonder got it badly wrong when he sang, ‘When you believe in things[…]

“I don’t buy the idea that our essential problem is that we have a surfeit of choice. The craze for[…]

“One of the best replies to ‘Why can’t I stick to my resolutions?’ is often ‘Why on earth would you[…]

“Relying on our feelings is not the same as entirely trusting whatever we intuitively feel. Reason can expose some emotions[…]

“Our tendency to equate darkness with depth is as irrational as a Panglossian optimism. What we often praise as a[…]