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The Lucky Amoeba
In fourth grade, I was fascinated by a diagram in my science book, showing the living blob of an amoeba. Consisting of just one cell, invisible to the eye, the amoeba moves and eats by changing the shape of its body.
Elisabeth Sperling · 26 January 2021 · 2 min read
If Not-Enough-ism Is Holding You Back, Here’s a Way Out
Anyone who’s on a personal growth journey encounters self-doubt at some point, oftentimes, right from the very beginning of that journey.
Davide Pagnotta · 19 January 2021 · 4 min read
Feel Your Purpose
In our Wise Humanity course last week, we were talking about purpose: how can we find a purpose in life? Can we define one overarching goal that makes life’s struggles worthwhile?
Elisabeth Sperling · 13 January 2021 · 3 min read
Time to Sharpen Your Main Tool: Yourself!
Well, it’s almost Christmas and, I don’t know about you, but I need a proper break and am seriously looking forward to the holidays.
Davide Pagnotta · 21 December 2020 · 4 min read
Why Extend Empathy to Haters?
A reader asked how we should react when we encounter hatred and cruelty. Although we may reflexively feel righteous anger, there is also a role for empathy.
Elisabeth Sperling · 16 December 2020 · 8 min read
Finding piece* in the puzzle of life (*pun intended)
At the current Wise Humanity Course, we’re going through one of the most fundamental exercises: Unstick Your Story.
Davide Pagnotta · 8 December 2020 · 4 min read
Seven Deceptively Simple Tips for Better Listening
Do you think you’re a good listener? It may seem easy: if your ears work, you know how to listen, right?
Elisabeth Sperling · 1 December 2020 · 7 min read
A vision of life and death that can bring you peace
There’s a topic these days that is very close to us and, at the same time, very removed: death.
Davide Pagnotta · 24 November 2020 · 5 min read
For Better Relationships, Rethink These Four Words
If I were you... for real. Even in our closest relationships, we often see each other from an outside view; we feel approval and disapproval, needs and demands. Frustration sets in when love doesn’t arise...
Elisabeth Sperling · 18 November 2020 · 4 min read
Riding The Emotional Waves In The Pandemic
All emotions, positive or negative, bear a learning. And in these COVID times, we’re all experiencing all sorts of rollercoaster-like emotional rides. When we resist them because we want to avoid suffering, they...
Davide Pagnotta · 9 November 2020 · 5 min read
Why Do We Feel So Busy During Lockdown?
Much of the hustle and bustle of life has been cancelled because of the pandemic, so we should have more time in our days. We can live in our sweatpants, we don’t need to commute, and nightlife is reduced to Netflix and...
Elisabeth Sperling · 2 November 2020 · 4 min read
Are You Searching in the Right Place?
A jogger goes out for an evening run and comes across a man on his hands and knees under a streetlamp. She stops and asks, “Have you lost something?”
Elisabeth Sperling · 27 October 2020 · 6 min read