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Where observation becomes understanding. Life, psychology, and the distance between who we are and who we are becoming.
The Prism Essays
Where observation becomes understanding. Life, psychology, and the distance between who we are and who we are becoming.
I Left My Doctorate and Six Years of Teaching. Here Is What That Actually Cost.
I completed my doctorate in January 2024. Six years of teaching had come before it. Lecture halls, marked papers, students who called…
Read essay →Are You Outsourcing Your Thinking? Here Is What You Lose When You Do.
There is a question worth sitting with before the next time you open an AI tool. Is this helping me think, or…
Read essay →Before You Post: The Wall Social Media Built in Your Mind
Before you post, something has already decided for you. Will I become what I keep paying attention to? I have been sitting…
Read essay →When Stories Do the Work That Advertising Never Could
When done right, we see marketing as a catalyst for social change, subtly shifting our perceptions and challenging the status quo before…
Read essay →The Invisible Side of Marketing
This is how subtle marketing influence shapes consumer choices now. Have you ever bought something and later wondered whether you actually needed…
Read essay →How the Shows You Watch Are Quietly Teaching You Marketing
Marketing lessons from TV shows are rarely what people expect to find. But they are there. In every episode. Not a textbook.…
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