Positive self-affirmations have taken the internet by storm. If you have used positive self-affirmation before and they have worked for you, that’s wonderful! You don’t have to read further. However, for some people self-affirmations don’t work. Or they might even make it worse. This article is for you if self-affirmations…
Learn about Adler’s idea of the inferiority and superiority complex.Use the table of contents to find exactly what you’re looking for ⤵️ If there’s one thing we all have in common, it’s that we feel inferior one way or another. The moment we’re born we can hardly do anything. We…
This is your ultimate psychodynamic guide to self-actualization when the self-help grind failed you. It will help you move away from toxic hustle culture and reconnect to your real self. The reason that self-improvement didn’t make you happy, is that you tried to actualize an idealised version of yourself. And…
When Alfred Adler Broke With Sigmund Freud Alfred Adler (1870-1937) was next to Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung one of the three great psychodynamic thinkers of the last century. He was Sigmund Freud’s prodigy and supposed to be the heir of his psychoanalytic tradition that would then continue and…
All problems are interpersonal relationship problems. That is the bold take by Alfred Adler – one of the great psychodynamic thinkers of the last century (next to Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung). And despite being a big source of our troubles, he argues that we derive much of our…
Loneliness has become a risk factor for early death and tremendously decreases the quality of life. Meanwhile what most of us long for is a sense of belonging, being part of a community, to find our tribe. In short, we have in us what Alfred Adler called “social interest”. Alfred…