And how to get one: Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week

I told my ex ‘if only you’d lower your expectations, I could be the man of your dreams’. That’s why she’s my ex — I know better now! Here’s a psychologist’s guide to ‘when having high expectations can help, and when they can hurt’: Are Your Relationship Expectations Too High?

Perfectly clear, compassionate, and concise, the “Five Remembrances” are Buddhism at its very best. Koun Franz explains: Buddhism’s “Five Remembrances” Are Wake-Up Calls for Us All

This is a guide to the top Brené Brown quotes. Learn how to empower yourself and find inner authenticity with the help of this post filled with motivating thoughts: 67 Brené Brown Quotes to Empower You to Live Your Best Life

Dig into the inaccuracies of flat maps and how different map designs can shift our point of view.

“An entire generation between the ages of 5 and 18 has been effectively removed from society at large,” wrote Maryland pediatrician Lavanya Sithanandam in The Washington Post. “They do not have the same ability to vote or speak out.” Source: The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers — ProPublica

Why it is much better than happiness: What Is Eudaimonia?

The biggest decision-making bias for all of us is the confirmation bias. Wikipedia explains it well: Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one’s prior beliefs or values. It is an important type of cognitive bias that has a significant effect on the proper functioning of society by distorting evidence-based decision-making: Four Ways to Overcome Confirmation Bias

Richard Rohr writes:

“One of the phrases that has stayed with me from studying Latin in the seminary is “Quidquid recipitur ad modum recipientis recipitur.” This statement is not only kind of fun to say, but it has been critical to my understanding of how we process information. Directly translated, it means “Whatever is received is received according to the manner of the receiver.” Thirteenth-century scholastics such as John Duns Scotus (1266–1308) and Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) intuited this. It was early psychology before we thought we had psychology! What it means, in other words, is that we don’t see things as they are; we see things as we are. We see the things we want to see, the things that confirm our assumptions and our preferred way of looking at the world. [1] Brian elaborates today on how confirmation bias, which he believes is the most powerful, operates:

We all have filters, [such as] What do I already believe? Does this new idea or piece of information confirm what I already think? Does it fit in the frame I’ve already constructed?

If so, I can accept it.”

Learn more here: Richard Rohr Meditation: Confirmation Bias