Verified by The “true” self may or may not exist, but our ideals and projections about it sure do.
Psychology Today Magazine
July 2021
We’re up against the biological limits of what the brain can absorb. The way to think now is to reach beyond it, using as resources our own bodies and the world around us.
Long-term relationships are hard, especially when it comes to sustaining passion. But novel ways of thinking about sexual satisfaction and understanding each other's needs can help partners whose sex lives fall short of their ideals.
Humorist and scholar Jonny Sun invites others to resist the pressure of figuring out who they are.
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