Why "everything is connected" can make you miserable
Is the weight of existential dread a sign we should turn back, or simply the growing pains of a new perspective?
Jessica Böhme is an academic, author, and practical philosopher exploring how to live a good life in the Anthropocene by blending ecology, spirituality, and sustainability into meaningful action.
Is the weight of existential dread a sign we should turn back, or simply the growing pains of a new perspective?
Perhaps what we know is less important than what we do with it.
The best discoveries are often the ones we could never have predicted.
While some may fear a lack of certainty, a life without questions can be just as unsettling.
On rest, responsibility, and the philosophies that quietly live us.
We’ve been told we can become anyone if we just try hard enough. But what if becoming is always a shared act?
Your unexamined philosophy may be quietly shrinking your world. Here’s how to begin tending it as a living, breathing worldview instead.
What if the struggle to find our place isn’t about fitting in, but about learning to stand in right relation to the whole? A reflection on belonging, language, and the tension between parts and wholes.
What if the real gap isn’t between knowledge and action, but between concern and care? Our entanglement with systems makes meaningful change difficult—but does it absolve us of responsibility?