by Liz Scarfe | May 11, 2023 | culture, power, psychology
“Yes the system is bad, but it’s not how I do things.” “I’ve rejected the system and am doing my own thing.” Two examples of how we try to exceptionalism ourselves from cultural systems and why they’re a bit problematic. Plus...
by Liz Scarfe | Apr 6, 2023 | inner work, psychology
I watched a short video last week of Ukrainian entrepreneur Anton Yermolenko describing business as a deep inner process and some of the stages of his journey so far. (It’s here for a short time if you want to catch it). He described how when he first just did...
by Liz Scarfe | Mar 9, 2023 | psychology
Sigmund Freud rubber duck from the Freud Museum, Vienna. I kid you not. I first published this guide about five years ago on my old therapy website. Since closing the site I’ve had a few requests to republish it, so here it is, and be warned, it is ULTIMATE...
by Liz Scarfe | Feb 16, 2023 | inner criticism/oppression, oppression/anti-oppression, power, psychology
What do you think? What “authenticity narratives” bug you? What other questions would you ask to assess such narratives for lurking oppressive agendas? Share them in the comments so we can all learn. Share it | Send it | Keep...
by Liz Scarfe | Feb 3, 2023 | inner work, psychology
One key feature of Western culture is the preference for rationalism as a worldview/belief system. Calling rationalism a belief system is a noodle-fryer because rationalism is defined as decidedly NOT a belief system, but rather based in ‘reason’ and ‘knowledge’ as...
by Liz Scarfe | Jan 19, 2023 | inner criticism/oppression, inner work, psychology
It comes up in almost every therapy session I do. The person I’m working with describes their difficulty, and I listen. They describe how they’re personally at fault or inadequate in some way as an explanation for the difficulty: They shouldn’t be doing this, or they...
