Editorials

Public essays on leadership, identity, and the second half of life — grounded in narrative theory, neuroscience, and contemporary psychoanalytic thought.

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EDITORIAL NO. 20

Leave Aristotle Alone

Happiness, Eudaimonia and the erasure of context.

June 3, 2026

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EDITORIAL NO. 19

Numbers and Lies

How Self-Development Cites What the Author Has Not Read.

May 12, 2026

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EDITORIAL NO. 18

The Professors and the Brain They Made Up

Why Arthur Brooks’s model of the brain has been outdated for twenty years.

April 7, 2026

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EDITORIAL NO. 17

The Horse Does Not Care About Your Story

Equine coaching beyond mirrors and mysticism.

February 24, 2026

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EDITORIAL NO. 16

The January Illusion

On stories, desire, and the architecture of change.

January 3, 2026

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EDITORIAL NO. 15

The Long Return

On identity, home, and a considered holiday recommendation.

December 23, 2025

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EDITORIAL NO. 14

Easy Wisdom

Why modern insight feels deep but avoids judgement.

November 17, 2025

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EDITORIAL NO. 13

The Happiness Shortcut

When helping others feels good — and why that feeling isn’t the whole story.

October 25, 2025

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EDITORIAL NO. 12

Purpose, Meaning, and the Cult of “Why”

How the “Why” movement misunderstands purpose and meaning.

September 26, 2025

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EDITORIAL NO. 11

The Absurdity of “Personal Branding”

How corporate logic turned identity into packaging.

September 11, 2025

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EDITORIAL NO. 10

No, Don’t “Let Them” — Part II

When the foundations crumble.

July 30, 2025

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EDITORIAL NO. 9

No, Don’t “Let Them” — Part I

A viral slogan collapses under psychological and neuroscientific scrutiny.

July 16, 2025

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EDITORIAL NO. 8

Leadership: The Act of Moving Forward

Why emotional fluency matters, but only decisive motion defines leadership.

June 24, 2025

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EDITORIAL NO. 7

The Myth of the “Authentic Self”

A critical look at the seductive myth that identity is fixed, discoverable, and pure.

May 15, 2025

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EDITORIAL NO. 6

Why (almost) Everything is Context

How bad decisions emerge from ignoring the frame that gives facts meaning.

May 2, 2025

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