The Return of the King Film Discussion (Mythic Mind Movies, ep. 27)
In this episode, we discuss the highs and lows of Peter Jackson's The Return of the King
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Exploring the Psyche: Anxiety, Video Games, and Kierkegaard
Hello friends, This is our weekly round-up, in which I tell you a little about what Mythic Mind has been doing and planning over the last week. This week, much of our attention has turned to anxiety, not simply as something unpleasant to be eliminated, but as something that
Video Games and the Psyche: Agency, Anxiety, and Upbuilding (Mythic Mind Games, ep. 52)
Video games are not only amusement. They are structured existential experiences: forks that press agency, anxiety, identity, desire, and failure on a real self, whether the world on screen is "primary" or secondary. In this Mythic Mind Games season opener for Exploring the Psyche, Andrew makes the case
Anxiety Means You Can Choose (Mythic Mind, ep. 189)
Anxiety is usually treated as a disease to be eliminated. Medication and psychotherapy have their place, but what if, in our pursuit of so-called mental health, we are lobotomizing something essential to being human? In this Exploring the Psyche conversation, Andrew is joined again by licensed therapists Tyler Finders
What Is Anxiety? Kierkegaard and the Psychology of Freedom
As humans, we live as time-bound creatures with eternity in our hearts. We long for stability, but live in a world given over to change. We exist in this moving world, yet we also have the responsibility of determining how we exist in it, and how we relate to