Quoting N.S. Lyons, The Self and the Soul: A Dialogue with Freya India, The Upheaval, 2024

we dive into everything from why therapy culture and the cult of the self has been a disaster for the mental health of young women, and why the male quest for self-optimization can undermine human connection, to how moral judgements are needed to accurately perceiving reality and why the deconstruction of authority has disordered and demoralized society.
— N.S. Lyons, The Self and the Soul: A Dialogue with Freya India, The Upheaval, 2024

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