For readersConversational Narcissism: The Cannibal at the Table
Why you keep consuming the people in front of you to fill a hole dug in childhood.
18 min read
Essays
Essays by Stan Taylor on power, persuasion and the people who use them.
AllThe ContractThe Marble StatueIdentity as ChoiceInfluenceThreshold AddictionMasters of RealityThe ParasiteThe Serpent's Tongue
For readers
A Lesson in Power Dynamics at Work
See how getting good at your job switches off the brain circuit that reads power.
15 min read
An Education in Disappearing for Others
Why does being useful feels like the surest way to be loved?
22 min read
Why the 'Smartest' Person Builds Nothing
Why does the 'smartest' person in the room tend to build nothing?
19 min read
When Therapy Needs You to Stay Broken
In reading this, you will meet the one product the industry cannot afford to cure: the perpetual patient.
11 min read
For readersAm I the Toxic One? An Honest Diagnostic
Close the wound or bleed to death believing your emotional hemorrhaging is holy.
17 min read
For readers
How to Stop Being a People Pleaser: A Final Warning
Is this really who you are, or just who you learned to be to survive?
24 min read
"Be Yourself" Is Terrible Advice
What if the one piece of advice everyone agrees on is actually destroying your life?
19 min read
"We Need to Talk": Why Four Words Trigger Total Panic
The four-word phrase that has likely held your body hostage before.
8 min read
Why You Prefer Guaranteed Misery Over Potential Joy
Why do we manage uncertainty by creating even more of it?
13 min read
People-Pleasing is a Survival Program
Why does their slight frown feel like a knife to your chest?
19 min read
For readersWhy You're Addicted to Mediocre Partners
Why does this relationship feel like wearing a coat two sizes too small?
15 min read
Is Empathy a Skill?
Why does your empathy switch off when the homeless person asks for change but surge when your friend texts about their breakup?
9 min read
