Category: philosophical counseling

• August 22, 2019

  The Calling Can Kill

  Callings in secular modernity are very bad but also very sticky ideas. Bad because harmful. Sticky because like beautiful yet bloody siren songs. Remember: in the middle ages, callings were reserved for priests and monks only. Monks were called to follow Jesus and thus to renounce family life. To be called to be a monk…
• August 21, 2019

  Ikigai, The Great Unthought

  Ikigai, a Japanese concept, refers to one’s reason for being or to one’s reason for getting up in the morning. One conception of ikigai has been making the rounds on the Internet: My target in this post is not Ikigai the broader concept but Ikigai as it’s represented in this pretty graphic, the one that entrepreneurs,…
• August 20, 2019

  Freedom Just Ain’t Enough

  Here’s a story I’ve heard many times over the years: someone is fed up with working for large corporations, something he has done for the past 20 years, and so dreams of being free. Finally, that person musters up the courage to leave finance, big tech, or some other industry and then strikes out on…
• August 19, 2019

  Everyone, Unknowingly, Has A Philosophy Of Life

  Everyone, that is, each one of us, has a philosophy of life that not only provides the coordinates for how one lives but also shows up in how one conducts oneself. For most people, this philosophy of life remains that to which they remain unaware. You might think, if this is true, that the best…
• August 17, 2019

  Podcast Interview: The Art Of Philosophizing And Teams

  Carissa Bub and and I have a lovely conversation about “The Art of Philosophizing & Teams” on The Team Coaching Zone Podcast. I hope you find it edifying.