The Forbidden Pages
Every post contains something our publishers made us cut, our lawyers begged us to bury, or our beta readers said went too far.
- by Stan Taylor
Conversational Narcissism: The Cannibal at the Table
Why you keep consuming the people in front of you to fill a hole dug in childhood.
- by Stan Taylor
A Lesson in Power Dynamics at Work
See how getting good at your job switches off the brain circuit that reads power.
- by Stan Taylor
The Fawn Response: An Education in Disappearing for Others
Why does being useful feels like the surest way to be loved?
- by Stan Taylor
The Know-It-All Personality: Why the 'Smartest' Person Builds Nothing
Why does the 'smartest' person in the room tend to build nothing?
- by Stan Taylor
Therapy Dependency: When Therapy Needs You to Stay Broken
In reading this, you will meet the one product the industry cannot afford to cure: the perpetual patient.
- by Stan Taylor
Threshold Addiction: The Dopamine of "Almost"
Why does planning feel better than doing?
- by Stan Taylor
Am I the Toxic One? An Honest Diagnostic
Close the wound or bleed to death believing your emotional hemorrhaging is holy.
- by Stan Taylor
How To Manipulate a Narcissist
Why does this person make me feel like I'm losing my mind?
- by Stan Taylor
How to Stop Being a People Pleaser: A Final Warning
Is this really who you are, or just who you learned to be to survive?
- by Stan Taylor
Why You Feel Stuck: The Parasite Eating Your Potential
Why am I still reading about change instead of changing?
- by Stan Taylor
"Be Yourself" Is Terrible Advice When Identity Isn't a Choice
What if the one piece of advice everyone agrees on is actually destroying your life?
- by Stan Taylor
"We Need to Talk": Why Four Words Trigger Total Panic
The four-word phrase that has likely held your body hostage before.
- by Stan Taylor
The Need for Control: Why You Prefer Guaranteed Misery Over Potential Joy
Why do we manage uncertainty by creating even more of it?
- by Stan Taylor
People-Pleasing is a Survival Program
Why does their slight frown feel like a knife to your chest?
- by Stan Taylor
Why You're Addicted to Mediocre Partners (Trauma Bonding in Disguise)
Why does this relationship feel like wearing a coat two sizes too small?
- by Stan Taylor
Why does your empathy switch off when the homeless person asks for change but surge when your friend texts about their breakup?
- by Stan Taylor
Thought Leaders Need Idiots: The Guru Business Model
Why does their confidence feel like your incompetence?
- by Stan Taylor
American Propaganda: The Beautiful Lies You Call Normal
Why does breakfast feel like the most important meal of the day when your grandparents barely ate it?