Lauren

Those of high truth preference often also value epistemic integrity. There are those who allow their environment to dictate their moral code, and those who develop a moral code to bend reality to their indomitable will. It isn't binary either, it's a spectrum, though leaning…

I've been thinking about this piece a lot, how if you're someone with a decent working memory and are adept at mapping cognitive structures, you end up replicating the person within you, sometimes subconsciously - simply because they are that special, that extraordinary. You map…

If you're trying to change a behaviour but are not actively carrying it out on a day-to-day basis, it just means you don't have true buy-in to your long-term vision of where you want to be. Part of that may stem from a quiet resignation - that you can't do it, or that you can…

In a world full of sycophants, being violently roasted with deep affection is the final frontier. That is how you know it is real.

This platform is just a massive club made up of various tiers of niche pattern spotters.

Meaningful conversations. Stolen moments. Delicate Baroque earrings. Watercolour-soaked paper. Dog-eared pages in old books. Shared cigarettes. Rain-drenched train stations.

I started writing online because I was going through a significant life pivot. Not my first rodeo so I knew it would take a couple of years to do it properly. That's why I dove in with full, brute introspective force - because the only way out is through. Those who've been here…

"Words of affirmation" is a deceptively named love language. It is actually the art of noticing, and then articulating what has been seen.

As I was meditating today, I reflected on the concept of truth and how we know something is true. When you pause and ponder this, you realise it is a feeling. I then held onto that feeling and used it as a benchmark, an axis of comparison, which allowed me to resolve a lot of…

I don't know what's in the air or the water, but the past two weeks have been insane - a cascade of personal realisations suddenly clicking into place. Multiple veils haven't just been lifted, they've been abruptly torn away - in a good way. This violent clarity feels like an…

Much of life is about knowing which battles to pick. Retaliation is a form of acknowledgement, albeit backwards. Unless you respect the opponent, it's better to move on energetically. In effect, this means that almost no one is worth the effort. However, on the extremely rare…

As I was on my walk, I thought about an East Asian proverb I had come across a while ago - "those we pity often have aspects that make them deserving of blame". It is often used as a quiet caution against blind compassion, encouraging a more holistic view - because those who end…