Acceptance is the key

I've always been driven to excel academically and professionally. However, beneath my drive for success, there was a deep-seated fear of failure and a relentless pursuit of perfection. I would spend hours refining a single paragraph in an essay or rehearsing a presentation to the point of exhaust...

Loneliness requires two thing:

1. A lack of meaning in one's relationships
2. A sense of the self as separate from others

In pre-modern society, religion gave meaning to all existence. God was always there. But modernity br...

• Marcus Aurelius throughout his struggles - the years at war, the crippling illness, his troubled son - he never gave up. It's an inspiring example for us to think about today if we get tired, frustrated, or have to deal with some crisis. Here was a guy who has every reason to be angry, who c...