Samir ChopraThe Gabba As Field Of DreamsAll sports fans are sustained by fantasies. They are our white ravens, the sights we imagine we will never see, because they are ruled out…5 min read·Jan 22, 2021----
Samir ChoprainFlourish MagPhilosophical Counseling And Hellmuth Kaiser On Successful TherapyIn Existential Psychotherapy (Basic Books, New York, 1980), Irvin Yalom writes:3 min read·Jul 7, 2020----
Samir ChopraLike Camus’ Caligula, The Republican Party And Donald Trump Transform ‘Philosophy Into Corpses’In ‘ Can We Call Trump A Killer?’ Charles Blow writes:3 min read·Jun 25, 2020----
Samir ChoprainFlourish MagPhilosophical Counseling And ‘Mental Illness’Are philosophical counselors counselors qualified to ‘treat’ the ‘mentally ill’? The short answer to that is ‘no’ (associated with the…4 min read·Jun 15, 2020----
Samir ChoprainFlourish MagWhat Is Philosophical Counseling? Part IV: Aristotle on Effective And Practical KnowledgeIn their Introduction to ‘Philosophy as Therapeia’ (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement #66) Jonardon Ganeri and Clare Carlisle write:3 min read·Jun 11, 2020----
Samir ChoprainFlourish MagWhat Is Philosophical Counseling? Part III — ‘Dolls That Remove Worries’In Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2012, Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman write:3 min read·Jun 8, 2020----
Samir ChopraWhat Is Philosophical Counseling? Part Two: The Counselor’s WorkIn the first post of this series, I attempted to provide a brief introduction to ‘philosophical counseling,’ and closed on a promissory…3 min read·Jun 4, 2020----
Samir ChoprainFlourish MagWhat Is Philosophical Counseling? Part One: The BasicsPhilosophical counseling is committed to the claim that philosophy can aid us ‘therapeutically.’ This is not a novel claim: philosophy…4 min read·Jun 3, 2020--1--1
Samir ChoprainFlourish MagMindfulness On The New York City SubwayShortly after I began attending my first and only meditation training class, my teacher began a session by claiming meditation could be…3 min read·May 27, 2020----
Samir ChoprainForge3 Ways Philosophy Can Ease Your Feelings of AnxietyBuddha and Kierkegaard are here to help·4 min read·Mar 26, 2020--10--10