How Criticism Kills Trust—and With it, Eros.
Danute Kuncas March 2026
Far too many of us were raised within a culture of self-improvement that prioritizes efficiency and tightly-scheduled “productive” time. From early toddlerhood, many of our natural developmental inclinations were met with an abundance of ‘helpful redirection’ that bordered on control and curtailed our natural…
Published By Danute Kuncas, March 2026
At the edge of appetite lies symbol. Eros is not merely heat but a language of the body, summoning us to listen beneath desire.
Eros is not simply the whisper of biology. It is an alchemical summons, a tide that rises within the body and demands we attend. Beneath…
Published By Danute Kuncas, Thursday, March 19th 2026
When a child is sexually abused by someone who is also intermittently tender—comforting, protective, attentive—the psyche can end up carrying a paradox that feels almost impossible to explain from the outside: revulsion and attraction braided together; fear and fondness fused into a single, incoherent knot. The survivor…