20May IFS and the Mystery of Multiplicity – Critiquing Internal Family Systems May 20, 2025 Rico McCahon Blog “You are not broken. You are just complex.” So goes the comforting refrain of Internal Family Systems (IFS), the therapeutic...Read more
15May “The Zealot Who Knows”: Rivalry, Revelation, and the Conversion of St. Peter May 15, 2025 Rico McCahon Blog We often think of envy, rivalry, and scandal as threats to the self. And they are. But mimetic theory complicates...Read more
13May Trauma as Mimetic Contradiction: Troubleshooting the Furnace of Our Desire May 13, 2025 Rico McCahon Blog We tend to think of trauma as something that happens to us—an event, an injury, a loss. But when viewed...Read more
10May Suddenly Fans of Tennis: A Lighthearted Case of Mimetic Desire May 10, 2025 Rico McCahon Blog Last week, in Habemus Papam: A Pause in Our Series on Composite Models, we reflected on how the election of...Read more
08May Habemus Papam: A Pause in Our Series on Composite Models May 8, 2025 Rico McCahon Blog We will return next week to our ongoing series on trauma, scapegoating, and the formation of the self through remembered...Read more
06May Boomers, Rebels, and the Composite Model May 6, 2025 Rico McCahon Blog Generational Formation through Mimetic Lenses We do not inherit desire directly—we inherit models of desire. We watch, absorb, imitate. And...Read more
01May My Parents, My Enemies: Generational Conflict and the Pain of Inherited Models May 1, 2025 Rico McCahon Blog Why does it so often feel like our deepest wounds come from the people who loved us first? And why—when...Read more
29Apr Do Whatever He Tells You: Marian Formation and the Restoration of the Self April 29, 2025 Rico McCahon Blog “Do whatever he tells you.”(John 2:5) Why Mary Matters for Mimetic Formation In a world saturated by unstable models —...Read more
24Apr When We Make Ourselves the Model: On the Illusion of Christlikeness April 24, 2025 Rico McCahon Blog This post is part of an ongoing series on mimetic theory and composite models.Last time, we explored St. Augustine and...Read more
23Apr The Death of Rivalry: Humility vs. Self-Esteem in an Age of Mimetic Confusion April 23, 2025 Rico McCahon Blog A reflection on Fr. Augustine Wetta’s Humility Rules and The Moral Imagination podcast “You don’t need higher self-esteem. You need...Read more
IFS and the Mystery of Multiplicity – Critiquing Internal Family Systems
“The Zealot Who Knows”: Rivalry, Revelation, and the Conversion of St. Peter
Trauma as Mimetic Contradiction: Troubleshooting the Furnace of Our Desire
Suddenly Fans of Tennis: A Lighthearted Case of Mimetic Desire
Habemus Papam: A Pause in Our Series on Composite Models
Boomers, Rebels, and the Composite Model
My Parents, My Enemies: Generational Conflict and the Pain of Inherited Models
Do Whatever He Tells You: Marian Formation and the Restoration of the Self
When We Make Ourselves the Model: On the Illusion of Christlikeness
The Death of Rivalry: Humility vs. Self-Esteem in an Age of Mimetic Confusion