A newsletter by Sebastian Eduard
I spent over a decade studying psychology and experimenting with rebuilding my inner life from the ground up. What I found is that stumbling toward your why, and accepting what comes, does more for you than any plan ever will. Every week I write about what I'm learning. Think of it as a map for navigating the chaos, drawn by someone still navigating it.
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The unconscious, self-knowledge, and what actually drives human behavior. Depth psychology applied to real life, not academic papers.
Freelancing, writing, and constructing a life with AI. Honest breakdowns from someone who started with nothing and figured it out.
Spirituality, purpose, and the courage to be yourself. Connecting the inner work to the outer life you're trying to build.
Who writes this
I'm Sebastian. I studied psychology for over a decade and spent most of that time being told my education was worthless. I applied to hundreds of jobs, got rejected from nearly all of them, and worked in a call center while holding a degree in the science of the human mind.
Then I stopped waiting for permission. I started writing, found clients who valued what I knew, became a Top Rated Plus freelancer on Upwork, and built a career that lets me do the two things I care about most: write and study psychology.
This newsletter is where those two things meet.
Latest articles
September 2026
Is negative self-talk normal? Yes. See what Brinthaupt's Self-Talk Scale and 2023-2024 studies measure, and where the 80% APA claim actually comes from.
September 2026
What percentage of people feel lost? No survey measures it. Here are the quarter life crisis, languishing and identity figures, with the wording and years.
September 2026
The ikigai meaning behind the viral four-circle diagram traces to a 2014 blog post. Here is what the verified Japanese research on ikigai actually found.
September 2026
How common are intrusive thoughts? A 13-country study found 93.6% of participants had one in the past three months. Every figure here is dated and…
September 2026
Why retirees feel lost after work ends: a grounded, psychology-informed look at the loss of role, daily structure, and identity, and what slowly helps.
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