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“You were not born to be quiet” -Nyyirah Waheed So many of us know what it’s like to feel safest when we’re disappearing, when peace depends on how well we can read the room. In her new book, Are You Mad at Me? , Meg Josephson captures something many of us feel but rarely name, the anxious flutter that rises when someone’s tone shifts, the impulse to smooth things over, to make ourselves smaller just to keep the peace. She gives voice to a deep and often invisible survival st

"The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, which opens to that primeval cosmic night that...

We live in a culture shaped by what we prioritize: efficiency, structure, control, and certainty. From our schedules and spreadsheets to our cities and institutions, modern life often reflects a particular way of seeing the world—one that values clarity over complexity, productivity over presence. But what if this is only half the story? What if the very way we’ve come to think, perceive, and relate has been shaped by an imbalance deep within the brain itself? As psychiatrist

“The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story,...