Kierkegaard’s Ladder of Despair: From Denial to Deliverance
What if despair wasn’t just something to escape — but a path to something deeper? Despair doesn’t always show up the way we expect. It’s not just weeping in the […]
Comfort or Calling? Kierkegaard’s Rebuke to the Morally Passive Life
Doing nothing isn’t neutral — it’s a choice with consequences. There’s a quiet kind of life many people settle into. It’s not destructive or malicious. It’s respectable, steady, “normal.” You […]
The Productivity Trap: Kierkegaard on Why Restlessness Isn’t Righteousness
Are we truly growing — or just keeping busy? In today’s world, being busy feels like a moral good. We measure our days by how much we’ve done, and we […]
Midlife Without Meaning: Kierkegaard’s Answer to the Modern Crisis of Purpose
What do you do when the life you’ve built no longer feels like it’s yours? For many, midlife arrives not with a crisis of age — but a crisis of […]
When You Don’t Know What to Do: Kierkegaard on Choosing with Courage
Sometimes the hardest part isn’t doing the right thing. It’s knowing what the right thing even is. We’ve all been there — stuck in that foggy, paralysing place between options. […]
The Self Beyond the Algorithm: Becoming in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
We live in an age where algorithms quietly shape almost every part of our lives. What we read, what we watch, where we shop, how we date, even what we […]
Anxious but Awake: Why Kierkegaard Saw Anxiety as a Gift
Most of us see anxiety as something to avoid — a problem to fix, or at the very least, manage. It’s the uneasy flutter in your chest before a big […]
Why You Can’t Find Yourself in a Quiz: Kierkegaard on Identity Beyond Labels
We’ve all done it. The online personality quiz. The “Which classic novel are you?” test. The four letters of your Myers-Briggs. The Enneagram number. The astrology chart that tells you […]
Suffering with Purpose: Kierkegaard and the Redemptive Power of Pain
Pain is often something we want to avoid at all costs. We dull it, distract from it, scroll past it, or push it down. In a culture that idolises ease, […]
The Absurdity of Branding the Self: Kierkegaard on Personal Marketing
Scroll through LinkedIn or Instagram these days, and it’s easy to feel like everyone’s turned into a brand.Every bio is polished. Every post is curated. We’re told to be “authentic” […]