The Human Journey Blog

The Human Journey blog highlights the many aspects of human nature that impact our lives and cultures today, often without us realizing it.

Finding the Right Way Home

Finding the Right Way Home

For most of us, designating cult behaviour is a black-or-white proposition. But as John Zada writes, the question is less often: ‘Is this, or isn’t this a cult?’—but more ‘how much cult thinking is present in any group dynamic?’

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Time and Self

Time and Self

Our perception of time is inherently skewed by our self-centered view of life. But as Hugh McGilvery writes, while most of us may never grasp time’s true nature, there are things we can do to gain a less self-centered perspective—and which brings its own benefits.

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Escaping the Either/Or Thinking Trap

Escaping the Either/Or Thinking Trap

Can we move beyond the common human tendency to think in largely dualistic terms? John Zada suggests that the wellbeing of our societies, and even their survival, may in part, depend on it.

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Looking Up, Looking Out

Looking Up, Looking Out

David Sobel MD suggests that exploring wider contexts not only alters our perceptions, but also reframes more healthily how we regard ourselves in respect to the bigger picture.

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New World, Same Mind?

New World, Same Mind?

Decades after Ornstein and Ehrlich published ‘New World New Mind,’ arguing the need for “conscious evolution,” Andrew Boden asks if there are any indications we are heeding their call.

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One Small Word

One Small Word

Sally Mallam writes that adopting a receptive mindset can lead to a continuum of expanding perceptions and understandings.

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Meaning: The Enduring Gift to Spirit

Meaning: The Enduring Gift to Spirit

Psychotherapist and journalist Denise Winn illustrates the importance of cultivating meaning in our lives: whether as a conduit for survival, well-being, or seeing the bigger picture.

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Forest Smarts: A Part of or Apart From?

Forest Smarts: A Part of or Apart From?

The best nature stewards, David Sobel, MD, suggests, may be those who see themselves not as intruders and interlopers, but as a crucial part of the ecosystems that they wish to protect.

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How to Improve Group Decision-Making

How to Improve Group Decision-Making

When groups demand excessive conformity they negate some of their greatest assets: dissenting views and a diversity of perspective. John Zada argues that successful group decisions hinge upon ‘cognitive diversity.’

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We Know More Than We Think We Do

We Know More Than We Think We Do

Our human story proves we know much more than we think we do, but in a different way. As Sally Mallam argues, we need to reactivate and develop this faculty now.

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How Deep Can a Story Go?

How Deep Can a Story Go?

Canadian writer and author Andrew Boden reflects on his understanding of the function and potential of stories, and storytelling.

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The Devil’s Tuning Fork

The Devil’s Tuning Fork

Sally Mallam suggests that our human capacity to adapt, and our extraordinary ability to connect and collaborate, are what we need to draw upon to solve the global problems we face today.

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Welcome to the Human Journey Blog

Welcome to the Human Journey Blog

We’ve created this page to bring you supplemental material related to our core website content, which looks at the current scientific knowledge about our origins, evolution, and development potential.

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