Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. Seneca and Shakespeare were artistic geniuses with extraordinary insight, but in an empirical ...

Tension: We perform self-awareness for an audience while avoiding the actual uncomfortable work of understanding ourselves. Noise: Wellness culture sells us packaged introspection that looks like ...

Self awareness is the practice of being in connection with oneself. Knowing ourselves better – from physical sensations to our emotional health – helps in determining self-awareness. Clinical ...

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