The Vessel Editorial Team

The Vessel Editorial Team produces content on psychology, philosophy, spirituality, and the questions people return to about how to live well. We publish essays, reflections, and explorations drawn from psychological research, philosophical traditions, and contemplative practices. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, research, drafting, fact-checking, editing, and review, rather than a single individual's writing. The Vessel takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

Inner Life

When the habits that look like discipline are actually exhaustion in disguise

29th Dec
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Inner Life, Relationships

What genuine love actually looks like — and how its absence shows up

28th Dec
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Inner Life

What it actually feels like when a past relationship no longer has a hold on you

27th Dec
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Inner Life

What money in childhood leaves behind that money in adulthood can’t remove

22nd Dec
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Relationships

What it means when love has to be asked for, again and again

23rd Oct
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Inner Life

The body doesn’t forget what the mind decides to move past — and here’s what that actually looks like

15th May
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Inner Life

What guilt is actually telling you — and what happens when you stop treating it as a verdict

12th May
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Inner Life

Many people who tolerate poor treatment aren’t lacking self-respect — they’re protecting something else entirely

2nd Mar
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Inner Life

Why working harder is often the wrong answer — and what we reach for instead

14th Jun
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