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Carl Rogers

4 essays where Carl Rogers sits on the council. Carl weighs in on authenticity, purpose, guilt. Read what Carl would tell you.

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Identity

How Do You Know When You've Found the Life That's Actually Yours?

Rogers says you will feel it. Gibran says your work is your love made visible. Wollstonecraft says stop performing the role and find out.

Carl RogersKahlil GibranMary Wollstonecraftauthenticitypurpose

Relationships

What Do You Do When You've Hurt Someone You Love?

Three thinkers on guilt and repair. Rogers says the apology is not the repair. Dostoevsky knows the underground of your own justifications. Klein says the impulse to repair is already love.

Carl RogersFyodor DostoevskyMelanie Kleinguiltrepair

Ethics

When Is It Right to Help Someone Who Won't Help Themselves?

Three thinkers on helping those who resist. Rogers says accept the person, not the behavior. Havel says enabling is dishonesty. Weil says attention sees what is actually needed.

Carl RogersVaclav HavelSimone Weilcarecompassion

Relationships

Should I Forgive Someone Who Isn't Sorry?

Three thinkers disagree on forgiving without an apology. Rogers asks what you feel. Lorde asks what your silence cost. Dostoevsky asks what you really want.

Carl RogersAudre LordeFyodor DostoevskyForgivenessBoundariesHealing

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