Magical Thinking

The Same Person, Two Different Endings

The Recognition I didn’t expect to find my life in a profile of a Game of Thrones actress. I was

How a mystical typology became a personal development product, and what gets lost in the translation. Someone is speaking to

There is a version of self-help consumption that looks, from the outside, like curiosity. Books accumulate. Courses are completed. Coaches

Ken Wilber has spent five decades building something he calls a theory of everything. The name is not ironic. He

Or: What Gabby Bernstein’s 21-Day Manifesting Challenge is actually selling In January 2022 I paid $39 and signed up to

How unqualified voices with massive platforms are reshaping relationships, one algorithm at a time, and why nobody is asking who

How wellness influencers and coaching ideologies destroy relationships from a distance, and why no one is ever held to account.

In a recent article, psychologist Leon Garber wrote that perfectionists often experience a persistent sense of emptiness. They interpret this

How Growth Culture Turns Gambling Into Destiny Perfectionists do not just fear failure. They fear chance. Failure can be corrected.

How Influencer Relationship Advice Lost the Moral Plot Scroll through relationship advice online and a pattern emerges quickly. You are