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In the Cave is an ocassional reflection designed to help us feel seen. Our guide will either be a philosopher who said something wise about how to think better or the opposite: an example of society’s harmful narratives. Topics include difficult emotions and our society’s rejection of them, freedom, loneliness, health and sickness, and how to stay on our own side.

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Thanks for coming into the cave with me. Together, we can come up with better stories about ourselves and our world.

As a philosopher, I sometimes get scared talking to psychologists, but @debisilber was kind and gracious on the From Betrayal to Breakthrough podcast. We talked about why the pressure to "choose happy" can actually be harmful, what ancient

When I am in psychological pain, I still feel the urge to say “I’m broken.” I remind myself that the metaphor does us no favors. It pairs too closely with “what’s wrong with me?” and “I’m weak,” a

If you’re just not feeling it this year, you’re not the only one. Let’s stop badgering each other with commands to have a Good Day or a Merry Christmas or a Happy New Year. Simplistic emotional expectations are unsatisfiable and too

Every day, I am more convinced that we need to be looking at the social, not just the personal.

Do I secretly still think there is something wrong with me? Of course. But I have spent 40 years asking the long version of this question. Let's give it a rest for a few years and see what happens.

Mariana Alessandri presenta "Visión nocturna". Un viaje filosófico a través de las emociones oscuras.

📅 Martes 24 de junio | 19:30 h.
📌 Librería Santos Ochoa (Gran Vía, 12, Salamanca)

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Mariana Alessandri, Ph.D.

Filosofa, Profesora, Escritora.

Defender of Dark Moods

(We are) not broken, just human.