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We have now arrived at the point in our Inception Series where the rubber meets the road. It’s valuable to know where dreams come from, how they work, and understand the different theories surrounding their significance. But, is there tangible evidence demonstrating the life-altering potential of significant dreams? As I found out, there are several […]

In the years following Freud and Jung’s psychoanalytic theories, medical technology vastly improved, enabling researchers to examine dreams using hard science. We will be examining some of these modern dream theories in Part #3 of our Inception Series.​ Theory #1: The Activation Synthesis Hypothesis Our first modern dream theory is the Activation Synthesis Hypothesis. Activation

We begin this week’s piece with our two favorite psychoanalysts – Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Both these individuals contributed significantly to the theories surrounding dream interpretation. More than anything, they transformed this mystical, misunderstood pseudoscience into a psychological one which could be studied. However, their overall perspectives on dreams differed greatly. Freud’s Theory on

Perplexing, vivid dreams are a constant in my life. Most are discarded, but some remain with me to this day. The earliest one I can recall is when I was eight years old. I was playing next to a river with a pink and a purple ball. The balls started to drift away from the

It feels like I haven’t written anything in months. In reality, it’s only been two weeks since I published the last piece. It just so happens this supposedly quiet time was extremely eventful. I ran a half-marathon obstacle course race, apartment hunted, drove 10 hours, spent Thanksgiving in my parent’s new house, then drove another

Whether or not we choose to admit it, we enjoy having conversations with ourselves. Sometimes these conversations are silent, other times they are audible. Personally, I’m a fan of the audible conversation because I’m alone during the day. Personal preferences aside, these inner dialogues are rooted in a powerful psychological concept – the Shadow. I

One recent phase of my adult life involved taking a multitude of learning style and personality assessments. This phase began a year after I moved to Salt Lake City. The logic was since I now lived alone, it would behoove me to learn if I was living optimally. My Learning Style Discovery Process I took

The differences between how my life has unfolded and how it compares to my expectation of how it would unfold in my teens and early twenties amazes me. Being a strong math student, I thought every problem had a singular, definitive solution and there was always a method which yielded said solution. Fast forward a

In the previous piece, I alluded to the challenges facing those seeking to start a Junto Club in today’s world, aka the Neo-Junto Club. We obviously do not live in Colonial Philadelphia and face far more distractions than Franklin and his club members did. That being said, starting your own Junto Club is a necessary

The term “polymath” describes only a handful of individuals throughout history, but one individual it describes perfectly is Benjamin Franklin. He is one of the core tenants of this group that captivated my interest to such a degree it moved me to start this outlet. For this piece, we’re going to focus on a specific,