Tag: personal transformation

In a world obsessed with comfort, Ordeal-ology explores why we crave ordeal and apocalypse. From The Walking Dead to ancient shamanic rites, the essay asks how deliberate difficulty might restore our resilience, creativity, and meaning. Through psychology, philosophy, and myth, it calls for a new “ordealology”—a practical wisdom of constructive distress.

Let this be the year. / Yes, the year / The one that has us relaxing into ourselves / And soaring past ourselves / Comfortable with all that lies within / And beyond…