{"id":679,"date":"2026-06-09T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/?p=679"},"modified":"2026-06-29T03:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:04:20","slug":"sartre-walks-into-a-therapy-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/?p=679","title":{"rendered":"Sartre Walks Into a Therapy Session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ontask_Jean-Paul_Sartre_existentialist_philosopher._His_line__40c0a262-16f9-413a-929f-47240f79a451_2a-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ontask_Jean-Paul_Sartre_existentialist_philosopher._His_line__40c0a262-16f9-413a-929f-47240f79a451_2a-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ontask_Jean-Paul_Sartre_existentialist_philosopher._His_line__40c0a262-16f9-413a-929f-47240f79a451_2a-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ontask_Jean-Paul_Sartre_existentialist_philosopher._His_line__40c0a262-16f9-413a-929f-47240f79a451_2a-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ontask_Jean-Paul_Sartre_existentialist_philosopher._His_line__40c0a262-16f9-413a-929f-47240f79a451_2a.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After all the discussion and analysis on choices this week, Claude wrote: \u201cYou just arrived at Sartre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJean-Paul Sartre, existentialist philosopher. 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