Where Philosophy Meets Psychology ~ between meaning and mind is a personal blogging space.

A simple reflective blog exploring emotion, identity, human behavior, inner conflict, healing, love, and the search for meaning.

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Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims

Month

April, 2026

Author and date

Arthur Schopenhauer, 1890

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, also translated as Epitaph of a Small Winner, is a novel by Brazilian writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. The book presents the memoir of its protagonist, Brás Cubas, as told from beyond the grave.

Upcoming Posts

The loneliness of self-awareness

September 20, 2024 — 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

What happens when insight becomes heavy? A reflection on consciousness, emotional depth, and the quiet burden of understanding too much.

Why do we stay in stories that hurt 

September 25, 2024 — 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Exploring attachment, hope, repetition, and the philosophical desire to make suffering feel meaningful.

Becoming without certainty

September 20, 2024 — 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

A post on change, ambiguity, and how the mind often wants clarity while life insists on unfolding slowly.

We often separate philosophy and psychology as though one belongs to reason and the other to emotion, one to abstract thought and the other to lived experience. But in everyday life, the two are constantly meeting. Every question about meaning carries an emotional weight. Every emotional wound eventually raises a philosophical question.

Why am I here? Why did this hurt me so much? What makes a life good? What do I owe myself? Why do I repeat what I know does not heal me? These are not only psychological questions. They are philosophical ones too.

This blog lives in that meeting point—between meaning and mind.