3 Highest Human Experiences - by Recovering Overthinker
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The science and psychology of peak, flow, and peak
Since its inception, although it’s hard to pinpoint when that was, psychology has mostly dealt with pathology, that is, with mental illnesses and disorders. However, towards the end of the 20th century, psychology went through a “quiet revolution,” as Carl Rogers, one of its foremost "revolutionaries,” called it. We know it today as humanistic psychology. There were two main aims of this revolution. The first was the emphasis on human growth and potential rather than just on all the ways our minds (and souls) can be "unhealthy." The second was a more holistic psychology, mainly meaning…
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