Author: Jonathan

Trust is dynamic, like a tree. It isn’t an absolute law that must never be violated in the slightest. It’s a general shape of understanding that holds on the whole in spite of minor fractures.

One of the narratives that’s emerged during the COVID-19 crisis tells us that social distancing isn’t a big deal. We thought we had to be physically present at work, in school, and with… more emotion Skin Hunger

The word cholera comes from the Greek word for the yellow bile, the humor that is associated with deadly intestinal distress. It’s a cousin of an emotional word, choleric.

Xibipiio expresses the sensation of something flickering in and out of existence, like a shaft of light piercing a thick but wavering canopy, a wave rising and falling on a river, or a visitor arriving and then leaving again.

Much of emotion grapples with the transgression of boundaries, the breaking of taboos. Among the most consistent sources of this conflict is soil. We long to feel grounded, the sense of being connected… more emotion Dirty

When people are grounded, they feel a strong sense of presence, standing upon the earth and knowing, confidently, that they are in accord with that place and time. What is it like, though,… more emotion Human

One of the most fundamental emotions, and yet one of the most difficult to define, is presence. The therapist Richard Nicastro describes the emotional presence he witnessed being offered by one friend to… more emotion Presence

Are you afraid? Fear is such a generic thing that it’s hard to say how any genuine fear could possibly be described by that term alone. We experience many different kinds of fear,… more emotion Spooked

The emotional granularity of the experience of a pilgrimage formed a trio her a month ago, moving from trepidation into weariness, then reviving into a second wind. Of course, that couldn’t be the… more emotion Arrived

Recently, President Donald Trump declared, “You know, if you want to go out and buy groceries, you need identification.” This isn’t at all true, not even a tiny little bit. There is no… more emotion Bewilderment