Some questions begin with a moment. Others need an essay.
Reflections
Short pieces that start with something ordinary: a reaction you recognize, an assumption worth a second look, or a connection that changes how a situation looks.
Essays
Longer pieces that bring psychology, the sciences, and philosophy to bear on everyday experience. Each one separates what the evidence supports from the interpretation I’m offering, with sources where they’re needed.
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The Alarm That Never Hears Back
Why a familiar reaction can keep running long after you understand it.
Questions I’m writing about
- Why can an insight that feels clear one day be so hard to use the next?
- What happens when a protective reaction outlives the danger that shaped it?
- How do relationships, routines, and the things around us carry parts of our lives?
- What would it take to revise an explanation we’ve come to rely on?