When I wrote the post about having a more nuanced and sophisticated language around explaining the process of skilling up self control, I stumbled across another related topic: a better explanation about the 7 kinds of rest humans need. We have lots of terms to explain the result of not having enough of the rightContinue reading “What Kind of “Exhausted” are You?”
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Better Words
The Ancient Greeks had eight words for different types of love. Eros – romantic; philia – affectionate; agape – selfless; storge – familiar; ludus – playful; mania – obsessive; pragma – enduring; philautia – love of self. When I first learned about a more nuanced common language to describe such a big and complex emotion,Continue reading “Better Words”