M M Owen
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M. M. Owen is a British nonfiction author. He obtained his PhD at the University of British Columbia, and now lives in rural Portugal.
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Sports and games
The secret
At the heart of surfing, whether you’re a kook or a famous charger, is the pursuit of moments so pure they clean you out
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Self-improvement
The art of listening
To listen well is not only a kindness to others but also, as the psychologist Carl Rogers made clear, a gift to ourselves
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Stories and literature
The inward gaze
In Hermann Hesse’s novels, as in his life, self-discovery walked a tightrope between deep insights and profound solipsism
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Wellbeing
Breathtaking
From first cry to last sigh, we do it without a thought. Yet the benefits of conscious breathing are truly remarkable
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Thinkers and theories
Erik Erikson knew that self-invention takes a lifetime
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Social psychology
Our age of horror
In this febrile cultural moment filled with fear of the Other, horror has achieved the status of true art
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Thinkers and theories
I and Thou
When we encounter another individual truly as a person, not as an object for use, we become fully human: Martin Buber
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Neuroscience
Freud in the scanner
A revival of interest in the power of introspection and thought has brought Freud’s ideas back into the scientific fold
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Consciousness and altered states
Into the deep
Just when you crave one more sensual hit, the void of the float tank stops time, strips ego and unleashes the mind
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