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Continue reading →: The election is over. What now?
The election may be over, but what happens to hatred that has learned to disguise itself as protection? Between the relief of victory and the challenges ahead, a question remains: how do we sustain democratic life when promises of security become excuses to persecute those who think differently from us?
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Continue reading →: Friendship and the ways we grow
Would you befriend your friends if you met them today? Years of familiarity can make us less curious. We retell stories, recognize each other’s laughter, know what everyone will order. But when did we last ask them a question without already knowing, almost word for word, what they would say?
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Continue reading →: Aging and belonging to the present
At what point do we grow old: when the mirror unsettles us, or when others begin deciding which desires we are still entitled to? Perhaps what troubles us most is realizing that we still expect something from life just as the world begins to expect less and less from us.
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Continue reading →: Seasons
Time ripens within us what we have yet to learn to lose. Between the bare branches and the whisper of first blossoms, something endures while changing shape. We pass through the seasons bearing this intimate strangeness: recognizing in each unfolding bud the life we thought we had already left behind.
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Continue reading →: The life we lose trying not to waste time
Congratulations: you’ve turned sleep into a score, your body into a project, love into an investment, and intimacy into a performance review. You call this freedom because nobody holds the key. Nobody needs to. Captivity works best when prisoners manage their schedules and thank whoever so generously granted them autonomy.
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My name is Renne and I’m glad you’re here. Let me share the idea behind this page: it’s a space for exploring psychology, psychoanalysis, and the art of living well — shaped by thought-provoking ideas, insightful thinkers, important books, and my own experience in the daily work of listening to people’s deepest feelings and thoughts. Here, I share reflections, insights, and ideas that challenge, inspire, and invite deeper understanding. Feel free to explore, question, and think along with me.