Getting Over Ourselves: Moving Beyond a Culture of Burnout, Loneliness, and Narcissism

ISBN-13: 9781394169856 / Angielski / Inna / 2023

Christina Congleton

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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Urgency to Get Over Our SelvesChapter 1: A World on EdgeParadise BurningStressed to DeathA Failed PredictionKeynes vs. HayekThe Heart and Soul of NeoliberalismChapter 2: Lost HeroesSelfie GenerationLonely GenerationBurnout GenerationLost GenerationAnother Failed Prediction?Chapter 3: Spirals of ChangeWhat was Enlightenment?From Enlightenment to the Dog WhispererTracing the Path of Human DevelopmentThe Self-Sovereign OpportunistThe Socialized Diplomat and ExpertThe Self-Authoring AchieverToxic AchieverismSpiral to ArcChapter 4: Wandering at an ApexThe Self-Questioning TransformerNavigating the Postmodern TerrainNeoliberal QuicksandDestroy this ModelSlipping through the CracksPart II: Un-Self HelpChapter 5: Selfies and Self-RealizationGuidepost #1: From Self-perfection to the Wisdom of HumilityNarcissism as Mistaken IdentityDefault ModeNarrative vs. Minimal SelfThe True Meaning of HumilityThe Richness of Self-RealizationAnchoring in the Practice of EmbodimentChapter 6: Loneliness and OnenessGuidepost #2: From Separateness to the Wisdom of InterdependencePhysical Interdependence: Bodies of MultitudesPsychological Interdependence: The Resonant BrainSpiritual Interdependence: The Garment of DestinyAnchoring in the Practice of ConnectionChapter 7: Burnout and WholeheartednessGuidepost #3: From Rationality to the Wisdom of VulnerabilityWhen Your Heart's Not in ItHeart as Escape HatchMark of the ValkyriesReal CompassionVulnerable ConfidenceThe Heart of Yes and NoAnchoring in the Practice of CourageChapter 8: Lost and LiberatedGuidepost #4: From Progress to the Wisdom of OpennessDare to Not KnowStaying with UncertaintyThe Cure in CuriosityRelaxing into InsightThe Mindful BrainThe Modern Mindfulness TrapAnchoring in the Practice of WonderPart III: Concluding and BeginningChapter 9: Friends between WorldsCalling All BuildersPower in Diversity, Diversity in PowerMoving SlowlyListening DeeplyLoving FiercelyI Don't Want to Move to MarsRoom for AlternativesHeroes of BelongingNotesReferencesRecommended ReadingAbout the AuthorIndex