Body and health
- 25 Ways to Get your Ayurveda on (6 minute read)
- 7 Sneaky Reasons we get Sabotaged by a Low Mood (plus the Solutions) (4 minute read)
- Why we need to Calm Down to Wake Up – the Nervousness/Awareness link (6 minute read)
- 9 Unconventional Ways to Improve Energy Levels (7 minute read)
- An Unorthodox Approach to Weight Loss (13 minute read)
- Yoga Cheat Sheet (7 minute read)
- What the Hey, Whey? The Case For Plant-Based Protein Supplements (13 minute read)
- The Benefit to Being Strategically Inefficient (it’s N.E.A.T) (5 minute read)
- How to Exercise for Optimal Health and Longevity – a Guide (14 minute read)
- 150 of the Best Self-Quantification Tools (Apps, Sites and Trackers) (12 minute read)
- Can Bone Broth Really Lower Your Anxiety (and Make You More Attractive)? (8-minute read)
- How to get a Bad Ass ‘Biome – a Practical Guide to Activating your Gut Microbiota (15 minute read)
- Why Kefir Is NOT The New Kale (It’s Better!) (9 minute read)
- Using Superfoods for Self-Improvement – a Guide to Eating the Most Dynamic Foods on the Planet (13 minute read)
- Sunshine, Vitamin D and Sunscreen – What You Need to Know (11 minute read)
- 20 Ideas for Maximizing your Healthspan (Lessons from AACL 2015) (14 minute read)
- A How-To Guide to the Perfect Nap [Infographic] (12 minute read)
- An Integrative Guide to Growing Younger (a whopping 36 minute read! Evidentially growing younger is a time-consuming business)
- The Essential Guide to Nutritional Supplements – the Extras (19 minute read)
- The Essential Guide to Nutritional Supplements – the Basics (19 minute read)
- Detoxing – What’s The Deal? (9 minute read)
- 9 Unconventional Ways to Improve Energy Levels (7 minute read)
- 9 Inspiring Health Transformations (And The Common Thread Linking Them All) (9 minute read)
- The Real Reason Going from Fat to Fabulous Supercharged My Love Life (It Wasn’t the Biceps) (7 minute read)
- Hanger Management (7 minute read)
- Are you getting enough Vitamins of the Air? The lowdown on Ions, Air Ionizers and Salt Lamps (7 minute read)
- Why D-Mannose is the only natural remedy for bladder infections you’ll ever need (I promise) (7 minute read)
- Healthy Meat-Eating (a Guide for Carnivores) (12 minute read)
- What is Healthy Alcohol Consumption? (Infographic) (13 minute read)
- Natural Solutions for 12 Common Conditions (15 minute read)
- Is Your Sandwich Making You Stupid? – with Max Lugavere (21 minute read)
- The Idiot’s Guide to Smarter Coffee Drinking (12 minute read)
- The 8 Real Reasons You’re Tired (Including that you’re Miserable) (10 minute read)
- 150 of the Best Self-Quantification Tools (Apps, Sites and Trackers) (12 minute read)
Creativity
- When to Seriously Consider Starting a Blog (7 Blogging Benefits) (7 minute read)
- A Complete Guide to Developing your Creativity and Creative Thinking (9 minute read)
Emotional skills
- How to Put your Feelings into Words, and Express your Emotions (6 minute read)
- How to Process your Emotions (7 minute read)
- How we Crack our Addictions to Procrastination, Negative thinking & Critical Self-Talk (8 minute read)
- Handling Shame – a Shift in Focus (5 minute read)
- Some Mindfulness Practices for Managing Uncertainty (5 minute read)
- How to Develop Greater Self-Control (7 minute read)
- How to Stop being so Oversensitive (4 minute read)
- Can Switchwords Really Help us Hack our Subconscious Mind? (8 minute read)
- Some thoughts on Guilt, Gratitude & Forgiveness (5 minute read)
Enneagram
- Grappling with Gurdjieff & Unscrambling the Enneagram Centers
- The Enneagram as a Purpose-Finder and Crisis-Navigation tool
- How to Survive doing Enneagram Assessments as a New-ish Coach*
- 6 Lessons I Learned through Mistyping on the Enneagram
- Integrating Polarities using the Enneagram
- How to Orient towards Fulfilment of Deep Relational Needs (using Object Relations theory)
- Wisdom for my Fellow Frustrated Idealists (Enneagram 1s, 4s & 7s)
- Embodiment and the Enneagram
- How to Cultivate Deeper Connection using the Enneagram
- Shadow Work and the Enneagram Patterns – a Deep Dive
- How to Use the Enneagram of Personality for Personal Growth (now redirects to my other site, where the information is more up to date).
Life lessons
- 30 Life Lessons from Author, Seth Godin (9 minute read)
- Advice to my Younger Self (4 minute read)
- Unlocking a Meaningful Life in 4 Proven Steps (a Closer look) (7 minute read)
- 7 Ways to Avoid the Common Life Regrets (9 minute read)
- How to have a Meaningful Life (15 Things to say Yes to) (9 minute read)
- The 3 Kinds of People to Take Advice from (5 minute read)
- 5 Steps to a more Balanced Life (4 minute read)
- How to Apply Absurdism Philosophy, and Improve Your Life (6 minute read)
Mindfulness, meditation and yoga
- The 10 Stages of Meditation, according to Culadasa (9 minute read)
- Using the ‘Near Enemies’ Wisdom – An Insightful Concept from Buddhism (4 minute read)
- How to Better Manage Desire through Practicing Detachment (5 minute read)
- 3 Signs you’re Finally Taming your Monkey Mind (4 minute read)
- 3 Things I Learned from the Minimalism Documentary (4 minute read)
- A Guide to Handling Change Effectively (3 minute read)
- What happened during my 100 hour yoga challenge (5 minute read)
- How, When and Why to use the ‘Beginner’s Mind’ Practice (5 minute read)
Motivation and productivity
- How to Stay Motivated and Accomplish Anything (7 minute read)
- How to Eat a Frog: 21 Techniques to Increase Productivity (7 minute read)
- How to Stop Kidding Yourself and Get Stuff Done (5 minute read)
- Why Self-Experimenting is Sexy (3 Health Experiments You Need to Try Now) (5 minute read)
- Why I Eat the Same Meals, Have Few Friends and Use Evernote for Everything (8 minute read)
- 3 Rules of Deep Work, according to Author Cal Newport (9 minute read)
- How to Change Habits – a Step-by-Step Guide (13 minute read)
- How to Set Goals and Actually Achieve Them (6 minute read)
- How to Get More Love and Money (6 minute read)
- 15 Times You Became Your Own Hero (5 minute read)
- 70 Twitter Accounts That Make Us Healthier, Happier And More Productive (11 minute read)
- 16 Ways to Think Smarter (10 minute read)
- The Rewards of being Loyal to Something (Anything) (4 minute read)
Must-know models
- How to Get the Most from Myers Briggs (Some Do’s and Don’t’s) (9 minute read)
- Does Lasting Happiness really Lie in Using our Signature Strengths? (6 minute read)
- (How ‘Sparketypes’ can help you know what you are doing with your life (1 minute read)
- How to Keep your Good Life Buckets Overflowing (30 things) (7 minute read)
Playing with perception
- 5 Energy Experiments that Prove Reality Really is Malleable (5 minute read)
- How Successful People Self-Steward – a Crash Course in Creative Visualization (8 minute read)
- How to Slow Down Time Perception (and Stop Being so Afraid to Die) (5 minute read)
Personal growth essentials
- How to Define your Values using a Values Clarification Exercise (10 minute read)
- How to Practice ‘Responsibility’ and Why that’s even Important (6 minute read)
- A Busy Person’s Guide to Overcoming Limiting Beliefs (12 minute read, ironically)
- How to Love and Like Yourself (8 minute read)
- How to Accept Yourself as You Are (5 minute read)
- How to Become a Happier Introvert (10 minute read)
- How to Find your Passion & Purpose (12 minute read)
- How to be Alone and be Alright with it (the dying art of Solitude) (6 minute read)
- The Remarkable Benefits of having Breath Awareness (5 minute read)
- How to Cultivate a Healthy Competitive Instinct (9 minute read)
- How to Develop your Strengths and Be your Best Self (14 minute read)
- How to Realize your Intuitive Abilities, as an Intuitive Learner (14 minute read)
- 12 of the most Powerful Personal Qualities (and How to Develop them) (8 minute read)
- How and Why to Develop a Pervasively Grateful Mindset (10 minute read)
- A Realistic Guide to Building Courage in Life (7 minute read)
- Do you Have a Growth Mindset yet? (6 minute read)
- 5 Lessons in Generating Inner Magnetism (5 minute read)
- How to Have Confidence and Believe in Yourself, All the Way Down (7 minute read)
- How to Value yourself Highly in Life (or ‘Have Self-Esteem’) (5 minute read)
More personal growth essentials
- A Guide to Practicing ‘Acceptance’ (12 minute read)
- How Practicing Mindfulness Changes Your life (in Non-Vague Terms) (10 minute read)
- How to Manage the Negative Aspects of your Ego, in Clear Terms (11 minute read)
- How to Deal with ‘the Shadow’ (11-minute read)
- The Truth about “Having Boundaries” (6 minute read)
- 7 Practices that Improve your Personal Power in any Situation (8 minute read)
- 7 Habits of Awesome, Authentic People (7 minute read)
- How to Make a Consistently Great First Impression (6 minute read)
Psychological theory
- How to Figure out your Primary Psychological Defense Mechanism (8 minute read)
- 8 Things You Need to Know about the Graves Model (or Spiral Dynamics theory) (9 minute read)
- 5 ways to tell if you’re a ‘Highly Sensitive Person’ (4 minute read)
- A Guide to the 7 Feminine Archetypes (7 minute read)
- A 101 on the Big Five personality theory (4 minute read)
- 5 Terms that Help you Understand and Manage Anxiety and Anxious Thoughts (5 minute read)
- 10 Things you Need to Know about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) (5 minute read)
- 5 Things You Might Need to Teach Yourself if You Had a Narcissistic Parent (7 minute read)
Random personal pontifications
- I’ve Arrived (4 minute read)
- Fuck Yes (Enough) (an unusually sweary 8 minutes)
- ‘Is it Friday yet?’ (5 minute read)
- ‘Now I Know Why You Did That’ (4 minute read)
- Save Yourself (the World will take Care of Itself) (3 minute read)
- ‘I Just Haven’t Met the Right Person’ (5 minute read)
- ‘Just Do The Next Right Thing’ (4 minute read)
- ‘I’m Not Sure Why I’m Telling You This’ (5 minute read)
- ‘How Do You Feel About Me?’ (3 minute read)
- ‘I don’t know whether I should be doing this’ (4 minute read)
- ‘Why Am I Here?’ (3 minute read)
Relationships and communication
- A Short Guide to ‘Transference’ (5 minute read)
- What’s ‘Nonviolent Communication’? (11 minute read)
- How to Deal with Jealousy (6 minute read)
- A Guide to the 4 Love Styles (12 minute read)
- What Your Confrontation Style and Criticism-Handling Tell Me About You (a controversial 7 minute read)
- 14 Things You Need to Know about Adult Attachment Theory (8 minute read)
- How to Stop being Mr or Miss Independent (and be Interdependent, Instead) (6 minute read)
- The Four Fearsome Hurdles in Relationships (and Life) (4 minute read)
- 6 Practices for Honoring Heartache and Leaning into Loneliness (6 minute read)
- How to Keep the Intimacy in your Long Term Relationship (5 minute read)
- How to deal with Infidelity in a Relationship (18 minute read)
- 7 Ways to Stay in Love (4 minute read)
- How I apply Personality Psychology in my Relationship (4 minute read)
- Your Romantic Chemistry isn’t Mysterious, it’s Accountable (5 minute read)
- How to Get over a Rejection (5 minute read)
- Overcoming Modern Dating Challenges that are Unique to Gens X and Y (8 minute read)
- The Truth about Infatuation (and How to Get over Infatuation) (4 minute read)
- How to Fall Out of Love with Someone (10 Tips) (5 minute read)
- 40 things I’d tell my 20-year-old self about Love (6 minute read)
- On Finding your Tribe (the Real Friends with Benefits) (6 minute read)
Reviews of books/courses/products
- 34 Personal Growth/Self-Development Books to Read ASAP (9 minute read)
- 5 Life-Changing Ideas from ‘A New Earth’ (5 minute read)
- Joe Dispenza’s Progressive Workshop – Review (7 minute read)
- 32 things you’d know if you could be bothered reading the Untethered Soul (6 minute read)
- 8 Times Cheryl Strayed’s ‘Dear Sugar’ Column totally nailed Love and Life (8 minute read)
- 7 Everyday Words that Poet David Whyte Made Hauntingly Beautiful (5 minute read)
- A Short and Snappy Guide to Becoming an ‘Essentialist’ (4 minute read)
- Review of ‘Szen Zone: Reaching a State of Positive Change’ (feat. interview with Gary Szenderski) (10 minute read)
- Do you need Nootropics-infused Coffee in your life? (a Review of Kimera Koffee) (8 minute read)
- 10 Reasons why I Love Four Sigmatic’s Mushroom Coffee (8 minute read)
- 10 Ways I Benefited from Doing the Landmark Forum (9 minute read)
Self-awareness and reflection
- 53 Ways to Know Yourself (5 minute read)
- How to Figure out your True Motives or Intentions (7 minute read)
- Overcoming Self-Deception (4 minute read)
- 7 Questions to Ask Yourself if You want to Stop Wasting Time (5 minute read)
- Why Self-Knowledge is Hard to Come by and What to Do about It (9 minute read)
- The Search for Self-Awareness (5 minute read)
- 20 Powerful Questions to Ask Yourself Daily (6 minute read)
- 7 Awesome Self-Awareness Systems that are not Myers-Briggs (8 minute read)
- 20 Clarity-Giving Perspectives on Life Purpose (11 minute read)
- Is Facebook Making You Miserable? (a happy 6 minute read)
- 8 Body Language ‘Tells’ that Show you’re Bored, Anxious, or Possibly Lying (5 minute read)
- How to tell if your Escapism habit become Avoidance (4 minute read)
The spiritual dimension
- David Hawkins’ Map of Consciousness – Crazy, or Crazy Insightful? (9 minute read)
- Do-you-even open your Chakras, bro? (How your Pain Body is Limiting your Life) (6 minute read)
- From Thought to Thing – The 7 Stages of Manifestation (5 minute read)
- The Art of Creating Meaningful Coincidences (a.k.a Synchronicity) (19 minute read)
- This is How and Why you Benefit from Prayer (even if you’re an Atheist) (6 minute read)
- The Art of Grace (3 minute read)
- A Brief Tour of the 5 Kleshas according to Patanjali (6 minute read)
Travel
How to Use Travel for Personal Growth (9 minute read)
Uniquely human dilemmas
- How to get out of your head without Sex, Drugs and Alcohol (some thoughts on Overthinking) (5 minute read)
- Overcoming Scarcity Mindset (7 minute read)
- Could you be being too Optimistic? (6 minute read)
- How to Trust that ‘It’ll All Work Out’, without Being Overly Passive (6 minute read)
- Overcoming Insecurity using Self-Discovery (4 minute read)
- The Art of Managing Money (a Self-Awareness Approach) (13 minute read)
- How to Develop a Willingness to Change (3 minute read)
- Is Self-Entitled Thinking Harming your Happiness? (5 minute read)
- How to Avoid taking things Personally (4 minute read)
- How to get yourself through a Funk or an Existential Crisis (6 minute read)
- Some thoughts on how to handle your next Existential Crisis (6 minute read)
- 5 Questions to Ask Yourself to Cut Through and Handle Stress (2 minute read)
- Read this When you Feel F.O.M.O (Fear Of Missing Out) (6 minute read)
- Should you Stay or Should you Go? (7 Questions) (5 minute read)
- How to have a Sane Christmas – Thoughts on Handling Holidays-related Malaise (7 minute read)
- What to do if you Lost your Faith in Humanity (4 minute read)
- 20 Habits that Make your (and Everybody Else’s) Life Joyless (6 minute read)
- Don’t be a Jerk (10 Tactics for Taming your Inner Trump) (8 minute read)
- How to Burn your Bridges with People and in Life (4 minute read)
- How to Design an Amazing Future (thoughts on Setting New Years Resolutions) (5 minute read)
- How Achievable is the Early Retirement Goal? (5 minute read)
- What to Do when You’re feeling Irritated with People and Life (5 minute read)
- How your Birth Order MIGHT Influence your Personality (4 minute read)
- How to Treat Your Endless Opinions… about Every little Thing (4 minute read)