Here, we have two engagement activities that the author, Daniel Lehewych, wrote for the childhood education company, Know Yourself, for the Nervous System.

Being an independent worker comes with a whole host of added responsibilities —probably the most challenging of which being money management. This article is a guide on how to manage money as an independent worker or freelancer.

Mental health took a dip in a substantial percentage of the population because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pharmacogenetics can help by streamlining and individualizing psychiatric care.

Stoic philosophy teaches us to live, not in accordance with ideals or emotions, but with reason. This means having a deeper appreciation for life, its finitude, and the people around us who we share life with. Within the context of a relationship, it is clear then how Stoic philosophy applies.

The chain of command at work is not always best looked at from a top-down approach. When mistakes —such as insubordination— happen at work, managers are likely the root of the problem.

The roaring 20s was a time of revolutionary shifts in American culture, industry, and economy. The 2020s are shaping up to be similar in their revolutionary shifts, but perhaps to a different effect?

Contemporary Identity Politics in the United States is a profound source of divisiveness and racism, and we should take notes from the 1960s Civil Rights movement so as to move the cultural conversation away from pernicious Identity Politics.

It is an empirically provable fact that most people live a great temporal portion of their lives doing activities they do not find meaningful. Such lives more readily lead to nihilism and the solutions, while quite straightforward, are unlikely to be implemented.

According to the Dutch Golden-Age philosopher Baruch Spinoza, humans are captured by —in “bondage” to— their emotions, causing them to live substandard lives. It is only through reason and understanding reality that we can overcome the substandard life, by regulating our emotions, according to Spinoza.

A commonly held trope about philosophy is that it is useless or non-sense. Some philosophers, such as Ludwig Wittgenstein and David Hume, even held this view. However, we can see the value of philosophy vividly when we look at Wittgenstein’s own words on the matter. It is a tool for clarifying and elucidating scientific —or otherwise difficult— ideas.

The 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche had a reputation as a misogynist. While there is validity to this reputation, he also happens to have written astoundingly useful things about relationships and love. How can we trust a notorious misogynist to bestow good advice on such matters?

The U.S. prison system operates on the presupposition that prisoners need to be punished, not rehabilitated. But what if this presupposition flipped?

Langauge and thought are tightly bound, but not necessarily inseparable. In fact, thought is more basic than language, and language depends on thought, not the reverse.

NYC has infrastructure that threatens the lives of its citizens and has already cost dozens of innocent New Yorkers’ lives. If gone unfixed, more needless death and pain will become of our fellow New Yorkers

Language is fundamental to consciousness and our understanding of it is only in its beginning stages. We are therefore unlikely to see general artificial intelligence anytime in the near future.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that chronically afflicts millions of people every year. This essay is peer-reviewed and outlines treatment options for those suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Writer’s block is a normal experience for writers to go through, but it can often lead to damaging creative impediments. This article will teach writers how to overcome writer’s block.

Freelance writing is a career that chose me, because, at heart, I am a writer and cannot see myself doing work without writing involved.

Becoming a freelance writer is complicated because of its independence, but seeking guidance on how to become a freelance writer can help writers avoid a lot of pain.

Are you beginning a career as a freelance writer? Then you need to read this blog ASAP!