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Welcome to Inner Life

The three of us — Mary Tabor (Only Connect), Joshua Doležal (The Recovering Academic), Sam Kahn (Castalia) — started noticing, in late 2022, that we…

Mar 1, 2024 • Joshua Doležal

A Brief Foray into Psychoanalysis

It was just after my 38th birthday that N., a family friend and mentor, suggested psychoanalysis.

Jan 6 • Alicia Kenworthy

In Search of a Sleeve-board

The ethical obligation to community and one writer's search

Dec 30, 2025 • <Mary L. Tabor>

The Cliche of the Tortured Artist: Van Gogh

Irving Stone’s Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh

Dec 21, 2025 • Michael Mohr

Put Your Desk in the Corner

A trip to the beach inspires an examination of what we put at the centre of our lives.

Dec 9, 2025 • Matthew Morgan

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Voices in the mind, echoes in the body

May 14, 2024 • Noha Beshir

The Awful Super Bowl Ads And The Death of Civilization

Feb 18, 2025 • Sam Kahn

Why Is There No Travel Writing?

Aug 16, 2024 • Sam Kahn

On the Absurdity of Parasite Being the Best Movie of the Century

Jul 4, 2025 • Sam Kahn

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