Same Facts, Different Meaning
My dad and I were wrestling with a stuck window on the house I grew up in. Under his frustration I could hear the fear. He knows time is real. The project looked like it was stealing his freedom.
Reflections on a Conversation with a Man Who Spent 25 Years in Prison and Chose Love Over Fear
I sat down for lunch with Sam Harris at Saltine in Norfolk. He spent 24 years, 8 months, and 10 hours in prison. What makes him remarkable isn’t the time. It’s what he did with those years, and what he’s doing now.
Love and Fear: Dancing Partners, Not Enemies
Three weeks into this adventure, something shifted. I had started with a simple frame: love is good, fear is bad. But the research kept pushing back on that. Fear isn’t the enemy. It’s an alert system.
There’s Room on the Porch for Everyone
I walked into a room full of people who had collectively served around 3,000 years behind bars. I expected to find guardedness. What I found was one of the purest expressions of joy I’ve ever witnessed.
What Is Fear? A Journey Through Science, Culture, and Psychology
Fear might be even more powerful than love. It’s designed to keep us alive. And when you live in constant fear, your brain actually changes. The amygdala grows more reactive. It starts seeing threats everywhere.
What Happens When Productivity Is Being Pulled by Love?
We treat productivity like it’s always a good thing. But what’s underneath the output? Fear-based productivity is everywhere. I got curious about what happens when it runs on something else entirely.
What Is Love? A Journey Through Science, Culture, and Psychology
I looked up love in the dictionary. Merriam-Webster calls it “strong affection for another.” That felt like describing an ocean by holding up a single drop of water. So I kept digging.
Why I’m Spending a Year Exploring Love and Fear
It started with men going on adventures together. But the deeper I went, the more the questions changed. Behind the disconnection so many men carry, there was something else. Fear. The cultural kind.