AI Assistant
An AI Assistant profile is used to allow an AI Assistant to be better able to return to the thread on activation in order to understand better the context of the next action.
Human Thinking
What Is Intuition?
This article introduces the idea of intuition and asks if our intuition can both help and mislead us?
Human Thinking
What is Classical Conditioning?
This article explains Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning, and uses his dog-training analogy to introduce the theory, before explaining the differences when applied to people.
Human Thinking
What is Operant Conditioning?
This article introduces operant conditioning, a key part of our basic understanding of human behaviour and learning.
What are Coping Responses?
What Are Defensive Responses?
This article introduces defensive responses, focussing on fight, flight and freeze, as well as the underpinning psychological thinking.
Organismic Self
Absolute Democracy of the Psyche: Introduction
James Hillman’s archetypal psychology presents the psyche as fundamentally plural, or or of multiple minds. Human beings do not possess only one psychological voice, value system or centre of intelligence.
Human Thinking
What does Objectivity Mean?
Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”
The Human Experience
How do I listen to My Body?
Listening to your body means paying attention to the signals your whole organism is sending, taking them seriously, and responding in a way that keeps you healthy and steady over time
How does the Human Organism Regulate Itself?
Organismic Flow: Impact on Flow State
Psychological “flow states” are much easier to enter and sustain when the underlying organismic flow is relatively harmonious and supported.
The Human Experience
What is the Stomach
The stomach is a stretchy, muscular bag in the upper part of your belly that acts as a mixing and holding tank for food.