Much of human behaviour, thought, and emotion stems from our need to belong. In psychologist Christopher Peterson’s words, other people matter. In fact, they matter so much that they become a source of our self-esteem. For years, I had no contact with my extended family in South Africa. In 2017, I began to rekindle those relationships. I …
Entering another lockdown and an increasingly uncertain future, it puts me in mind of how Earnest Becker writes in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Denial of Death, ‘What man really fears is not so much extinction, but extinction with insignificance.’ I know this to be true because I used to be a living example of this. We need to create a life of significance amidst turmoil and chaos. …
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