by adminwaikiki | Apr 22, 2026 | Blog
Perfectionism was the subject of a thoughtful conversation I had a few years ago when I interviewed Dr. Liza Wäcker for my podcast, and it is a topic that has stuck with me ever since. It is one of those issues that can look admirable from the outside, often wearing...
by adminwaikiki | Apr 10, 2026 | Blog
Identity is often talked about as if it were something fixed, almost like a hidden object buried inside us that we are supposed to discover once and for all. But a more interesting and probably more accurate way to think about it is this: identity is something the...
by adminwaikiki | Mar 29, 2026 | Blog
What if a society became so committed to fairness that it decided parents should no longer raise their own children? That is the chilling premise behind Progeny, a dystopian novel written by Dr. Peter Weiss, built on a brutal idea: in the name of equity, every newborn...
by adminwaikiki | Mar 13, 2026 | Blog
Recently on MindTricks Radio, I had a lively conversation with author and speaker Carla Ondrasik about a surprisingly powerful idea: the difference between trying and doing. At first glance it sounds like semantics. After all, isn’t trying the first step toward doing?...
by adminwaikiki | Mar 8, 2026 | Blog
In an age where we can instantly message someone across the globe, scroll through hundreds of social media updates, and join online communities in seconds, you might assume we are more connected than ever. But the opposite often feels true. Loneliness has become one...
by adminwaikiki | Feb 24, 2026 | Blog
In Episode 85 of Mind Tricks Radio, I sat down with Dr. Tyler Ralston to talk about a cognitive distortion that quietly shapes a surprising amount of mental anguish: Personalization. That conversation inspired this post. Personalization is the tendency to assume that...
