insert_link Lifestyle ‘Self-love’ might seem selfish. But done right, it’s the opposite of narcissism Bart Larue/Unsplash Ian Robertson, University of Wollongong “To love what you are, the thing that is yourself, is just as if you were embracing a glowing red-hot iron” said psychonalyst Carl Jung. Some may argue this social media generation does not seem to struggle with loving themselves. But is the look-at-me-ism so easily found on TikTok and Instagram the kind of self-love we need in order to flourish? The language […] todayFebruary 14, 2024 12
insert_link Lifestyle What inner speech is, and why philosophy is waking up to it Hunia Studio/Shutterstock Daniel Gregory, Universitat de Barcelona It is quite rare for philosophers to start investigating a new area, and a lot of the questions they explore have been around since ancient times. However, there is something they have only begun to look at closely in the last 15 years or so, which sits at the intersection of psychology and philosophy: inner speech. Also known as the internal monologue, inner […] todayFebruary 7, 2024 18