The Pathways of Experience On ourselves, our societies, and our emotions Career Styles of Personhood: Which One Is Yours? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on July 30, 2024 Each style of personhood can be a trap as well as a form of expression. Consider those benefits and challenges. Each style of personhood can be a trap as well as a form of expression. Consider those benefits and challenges. Friends Travel Compulsion: Do You Have It? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on July 22, 2024 Is compulsive travel an attempt to bolster identity, to be known as someone who goes places and does things? Read on. Is compulsive travel an attempt to bolster identity, to be known as someone who goes places and does things? Read on. Identity The Decorated Self: How We Try to Be Interesting Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on July 8, 2024 What techniques do you use to display your identity in public? What techniques do you use to display your identity in public? Cross-Cultural Psychology The Crisis of Modern Culture: It's Not What You Think Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on June 29, 2024 Is life moving beyond the human scale? Consider Georg Simmel's famous answer. Is life moving beyond the human scale? Consider Georg Simmel's famous answer. Loneliness Encountering Loneliness: Which Condition Applies to You? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on June 13, 2024 Just "staying busy" is no antidote for long-standing loneliness. Instead, we should inquire into the character of our relationships. Just "staying busy" is no antidote for long-standing loneliness. Instead, we should inquire into the character of our relationships. Identity Scarcity Psychology: Must We Compete for the Good Things in Life? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on May 30, 2024 We think of ourselves as rational people. So why do we chase after things we don't need? We think of ourselves as rational people. So why do we chase after things we don't need? Catastrophizing Catastrophizing: Why We Proclaim Our Worst Fears Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on May 7, 2024 Is fearing the worst a way of protecting, or even enhancing, the self? Is fearing the worst a way of protecting, or even enhancing, the self? Deception Deception: Here's How We Fool Others—and Ourselves Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on April 15, 2024 Usually, our attempts to misdirect others are efforts to convince ourselves we are the people we say we are. Usually, our attempts to misdirect others are efforts to convince ourselves we are the people we say we are. Career What's Wrong with Life Today? Here Are Some Famous Answers Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on March 25, 2024 Ultimately our better selves, like our worse ones, are collective affairs, and we must work together to achieve them. Ultimately our better selves, like our worse ones, are collective affairs, and we must work together to achieve them. Happiness Looking for Happiness in All the Wrong Places? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on March 5, 2024 There is wisdom in both the Western and Eastern approaches to happiness. Learn to recognize those benefits. There is wisdom in both the Western and Eastern approaches to happiness. Learn to recognize those benefits. Time Management Making Time: How to Create the Moments of Our Lives Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on February 6, 2024 "Quality time" does not happen merely by blocking out a couple of hours from the work week. It must be "made." "Quality time" does not happen merely by blocking out a couple of hours from the work week. It must be "made." Anxiety Holiday Gift-Giving: What It Means and Why We Worry About It Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on December 18, 2023 When we exchange presents, we tell others who we think they are and how we value our relationship with them. When we exchange presents, we tell others who we think they are and how we value our relationship with them. Identity Why People Feel the Need to Announce Their Dislikes Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on December 1, 2023 Quirkiness can be a charming characteristic. Crankiness is a different matter. Which one describes you? Quirkiness can be a charming characteristic. Crankiness is a different matter. Which one describes you? Relationships Communication Styles as Self-Expression: Which One Is Yours? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on November 13, 2023 Are you aware of your own communication style and how it affects your relationships? Consider these issues. Are you aware of your own communication style and how it affects your relationships? Consider these issues. Social Life Rethinking Self-Disclosure: When Should We Tell Our Secrets? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on October 23, 2023 We like to think we control the personal information we share with others. But they acquire it in many ways. We like to think we control the personal information we share with others. But they acquire it in many ways. Rationalization False Necessities: How We Rationalize Our Choices Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on September 13, 2023 Does your decision-making feature reasons or rationalizations? Answer these five questions. Does your decision-making feature reasons or rationalizations? Answer these five questions. Identity Our Social Identity: What We Do to Protect It Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on September 7, 2023 Increasingly, we interact with unfamiliar others, both face-to-face and online. What challenges does that pose to who we are? Increasingly, we interact with unfamiliar others, both face-to-face and online. What challenges does that pose to who we are? Marriage The 4 Types of Marriage Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on July 24, 2023 Every type of marriage has its own dangers. Do you recognize them? Every type of marriage has its own dangers. Do you recognize them? Education What Play Teaches Us Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on June 24, 2023 Play honors the role of everyone in knowledge-making. We need that openness now more than ever. Play honors the role of everyone in knowledge-making. We need that openness now more than ever. Habit Formation Bad Habits: How Some Routines Undermine Our Better Selves Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on May 19, 2023 Our routine behaviors are very much connected to our visions of self and to the fundamental behaviors we employ to reinforce those visions. Our routine behaviors are very much connected to our visions of self and to the fundamental behaviors we employ to reinforce those visions. 1 2 Next
Career Styles of Personhood: Which One Is Yours? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on July 30, 2024 Each style of personhood can be a trap as well as a form of expression. Consider those benefits and challenges. Each style of personhood can be a trap as well as a form of expression. Consider those benefits and challenges.
Friends Travel Compulsion: Do You Have It? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on July 22, 2024 Is compulsive travel an attempt to bolster identity, to be known as someone who goes places and does things? Read on. Is compulsive travel an attempt to bolster identity, to be known as someone who goes places and does things? Read on.
Identity The Decorated Self: How We Try to Be Interesting Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on July 8, 2024 What techniques do you use to display your identity in public? What techniques do you use to display your identity in public?
Cross-Cultural Psychology The Crisis of Modern Culture: It's Not What You Think Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on June 29, 2024 Is life moving beyond the human scale? Consider Georg Simmel's famous answer. Is life moving beyond the human scale? Consider Georg Simmel's famous answer.
Loneliness Encountering Loneliness: Which Condition Applies to You? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on June 13, 2024 Just "staying busy" is no antidote for long-standing loneliness. Instead, we should inquire into the character of our relationships. Just "staying busy" is no antidote for long-standing loneliness. Instead, we should inquire into the character of our relationships.
Identity Scarcity Psychology: Must We Compete for the Good Things in Life? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on May 30, 2024 We think of ourselves as rational people. So why do we chase after things we don't need? We think of ourselves as rational people. So why do we chase after things we don't need?
Catastrophizing Catastrophizing: Why We Proclaim Our Worst Fears Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on May 7, 2024 Is fearing the worst a way of protecting, or even enhancing, the self? Is fearing the worst a way of protecting, or even enhancing, the self?
Deception Deception: Here's How We Fool Others—and Ourselves Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on April 15, 2024 Usually, our attempts to misdirect others are efforts to convince ourselves we are the people we say we are. Usually, our attempts to misdirect others are efforts to convince ourselves we are the people we say we are.
Career What's Wrong with Life Today? Here Are Some Famous Answers Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on March 25, 2024 Ultimately our better selves, like our worse ones, are collective affairs, and we must work together to achieve them. Ultimately our better selves, like our worse ones, are collective affairs, and we must work together to achieve them.
Happiness Looking for Happiness in All the Wrong Places? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on March 5, 2024 There is wisdom in both the Western and Eastern approaches to happiness. Learn to recognize those benefits. There is wisdom in both the Western and Eastern approaches to happiness. Learn to recognize those benefits.
Time Management Making Time: How to Create the Moments of Our Lives Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on February 6, 2024 "Quality time" does not happen merely by blocking out a couple of hours from the work week. It must be "made." "Quality time" does not happen merely by blocking out a couple of hours from the work week. It must be "made."
Anxiety Holiday Gift-Giving: What It Means and Why We Worry About It Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on December 18, 2023 When we exchange presents, we tell others who we think they are and how we value our relationship with them. When we exchange presents, we tell others who we think they are and how we value our relationship with them.
Identity Why People Feel the Need to Announce Their Dislikes Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on December 1, 2023 Quirkiness can be a charming characteristic. Crankiness is a different matter. Which one describes you? Quirkiness can be a charming characteristic. Crankiness is a different matter. Which one describes you?
Relationships Communication Styles as Self-Expression: Which One Is Yours? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on November 13, 2023 Are you aware of your own communication style and how it affects your relationships? Consider these issues. Are you aware of your own communication style and how it affects your relationships? Consider these issues.
Social Life Rethinking Self-Disclosure: When Should We Tell Our Secrets? Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on October 23, 2023 We like to think we control the personal information we share with others. But they acquire it in many ways. We like to think we control the personal information we share with others. But they acquire it in many ways.
Rationalization False Necessities: How We Rationalize Our Choices Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on September 13, 2023 Does your decision-making feature reasons or rationalizations? Answer these five questions. Does your decision-making feature reasons or rationalizations? Answer these five questions.
Identity Our Social Identity: What We Do to Protect It Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on September 7, 2023 Increasingly, we interact with unfamiliar others, both face-to-face and online. What challenges does that pose to who we are? Increasingly, we interact with unfamiliar others, both face-to-face and online. What challenges does that pose to who we are?
Marriage The 4 Types of Marriage Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on July 24, 2023 Every type of marriage has its own dangers. Do you recognize them? Every type of marriage has its own dangers. Do you recognize them?
Education What Play Teaches Us Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on June 24, 2023 Play honors the role of everyone in knowledge-making. We need that openness now more than ever. Play honors the role of everyone in knowledge-making. We need that openness now more than ever.
Habit Formation Bad Habits: How Some Routines Undermine Our Better Selves Thomas Henricks Ph.D. on May 19, 2023 Our routine behaviors are very much connected to our visions of self and to the fundamental behaviors we employ to reinforce those visions. Our routine behaviors are very much connected to our visions of self and to the fundamental behaviors we employ to reinforce those visions.