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The Science Behind Relationships; Humans Media explores the basis of our attraction, contempt, why we do what we do and to whom we do it.
The Emotional Veto: How Feelings Can Overrule Reality
(Credit for Inspiration: Emily W. King) --- The Moment Reality Gets Interrupted There is a moment in many conversations when the subject quietly changes. At first, the conversation is about what happened. Someone lied. Someone neglected a responsibility. Someone crossed a boundary. Someone twisted the facts. Someone failed to follow through. Someone named an imbalance that had been avoided for too long. The issue is concrete enough to be examined. There are actions, words, patterns, responsibilities, and consequences on the table. Then the emotional reaction arrives, and the original subject begins to disappear.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Humans
The Difference Between Cruelty and Correction
Credit for Inspiration: Emily W. King) --- Pain Is Not Always Proof of Wrongdoing One of the most damaging confusions in modern relationships is the confusion between cruelty and correction. Cruelty is an act of contempt. Correction is an act of truth. Cruelty aims to belittle, punish, control, shame, or wound. Correction aims to bring reality back into view. The problem is that both can hurt. A cruel statement can hurt because it is vicious. A true correction can hurt because it exposes something that pride, comfort, denial, or fear would rather leave untouched. If the only standard is whether someone felt pain, then cruelty and correction become almost impossible to separate.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Humans
Men Are Not Afraid of Communication, Though They Are Tired of Punished Honesty
(Credit for inspiration: Emily W King) --- The Silence Is Not Always the Starting Point A common accusation in relationships is that men do not communicate. The complaint is familiar enough that it has become almost automatic. Men shut down. Men avoid hard conversations. Men refuse to open up. Men need to learn how to express themselves. There is truth inside that accusation when a man is careless, passive, immature, or emotionally absent. But the accusation often skips the more important question. What happened the last time he did communicate? What happened the last time he answered honestly, named the real issue, corrected the false assumption, admitted the painful truth, or said plainly what he had been trying not to say?
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Humans
When Truth Has to Protect Her Feelings
(Credit for Inspiration: Emily W. King) --- The Unequal Permission to Be Right There is a quiet double standard inside many modern conversations about relationships. Women are increasingly encouraged to stand on what they know, trust their discernment, speak their truth, hold their boundary, and stop shrinking themselves to keep peace. Men, however, are often given a different command. A man may also be right, but he is expected to find a way to be right that does not make the woman feel hurt, exposed, corrected, dismissed, insecure, embarrassed, or emotionally unsafe. The result is not equality. It is a conditional form of honesty where one person’s truth is allowed to stand directly, while the other person’s truth must first pass through the emotional response of the person receiving it.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Humans
Created Risk, Inherited Risk, and the Moral Line We Keep Erasing (A Society That Tells the Truth: Chapter 3)
The Distinction Modern Rules Refuse to Make One of the quiet failures of modern rule making is the refusal to clearly distinguish between risk created by choice and risk inherited by existence. When this distinction collapses, responsibility becomes confused, guilt spreads outward indiscriminately, and ordinary behavior is treated as morally suspect. This is not a minor philosophical oversight. It is the foundation beneath many of the injustices people now experience in public life, from transportation and health policy to everyday regulation and enforcement. When systems fail to differentiate between what someone causes and what simply exists, moral clarity erodes at every level.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Humans
Out with the Old, In with the New, for We Are the Only Solution
When One Season Ends When one season ends, another begins. That sounds simple until the season ending is one that carried pain, history, attachment, regret, and people who once mattered deeply. Letting go is not always a clean decision. Sometimes it feels like tearing away a part of life that once gave identity, comfort, or familiarity. The past can become a place people revisit because it is known, even when it is not healthy. Familiar pain can feel safer than unfamiliar peace because the mind knows how to survive what it has already endured. But survival is not the same as growth, and remembering is not the same as living.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Humans
john parrott stephen hendry disagreement
Introduction John Parrott and Stephen Hendry are two of the most famous players in the sport of snooker. Snooker is a game where players try to pot balls into pockets on a table using a cue stick. Both Parrott and Hendry have had amazing careers, and they are well-known figures in the world of snooker. However, despite their success, they have had some disagreements over the years. This article will explain what caused the disagreement between John Parrott and Stephen Hendry and how it affected their relationship.
By Farhan Sayed6 months ago in Humans
trump signs executive order expanding workers access to retirement plans
Introduction In 2019, former U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aimed to make it easier for workers to save for retirement. The executive order focuses on helping more Americans access retirement plans through their employers. This is important because saving for retirement is a major part of securing a stable financial future. Many people struggle to save for retirement, and this executive order seeks to improve that situation.
By Farhan Sayed6 months ago in Humans
Taylor Swift
Introduction Taylor Swift is one of the most famous singers in the world. She is known for her beautiful songs, emotional lyrics, and powerful voice. Many people love her music because it tells real stories about life, love, and feelings. In this article, we will learn about her life, career, and why she is so popular.
By Farhan Sayed6 months ago in Humans
The Old Adage ‘Feed a Cold’ Could Actually Be True
I never understood what that meant. Why would you feed a cold and starve a fever? Actually whoever coined that phrase may be on to something. A new study in Nature suggests experiments in mice and humans found that certain immune cells, known as T cells, seem to get a boost from food:
By Marie Dubuque6 months ago in Humans
HPV for Everyone (Part 3)
Part 3 is the most difficult for me to write. It is deeply personal and involves close friends and children. I am writing this series to inform and raise parents’ awareness. I write it, hoping you will question everything you are told to give your children. I write it, hoping you will research as much as possible before agreeing to any drug for your child. It is so vital in a world where lying for profit is the norm. It is imperative in a world where Big Pharma manipulates the truth and the evidence, while the government turns a blind eye and even goes so far as to be complicit.
By Alexandra Grant6 months ago in Humans
