4 essays where Karen Horney sits on the council. Karen weighs in on growth, self-knowledge, authenticity. Read what Karen would tell you.
Three thinkers on growth and escape. James says test it against what actually changes. Dostoevsky says your secret motive is waiting. Horney says the idealized self is the first thing to go.
Three thinkers on career and identity. Machiavelli says adaptation is not betrayal. Dostoevsky knows when the soul is lying. Horney asks whose "you" you're protecting.
Three thinkers on competence and misery. Aristotle says examine the relationship to the work. Watts says you made it a performance. Horney says skill and wound arrived together.
Feeling like a fraud at work or in life? Horney, Maslow, and Wilde disagree about what imposter syndrome is actually protecting you from.
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