We are quick to turn temporary experiences into identities. Fear becomes “I’m fearful.” Sadness becomes “I’m a sad person.” But what if experience doesn’t tell us who we are at all? Perhaps it simply tells us what we’re experiencing. Read More
What if one of life’s biggest lessons wasn’t learned in a classroom… but from a cookie jar?
As a child, I watched my mother try everything to stop four hungry kids from emptying a fresh batch of homemade cookies in less than a day. Her eventual solution was completely unexpected, and the result wasn’t just fewer cookies eaten. It revealed something profound about human behaviour, scarcity, and why lasting change rarely comes from trying harder.
Perhaps we’ve been attempting to change the wrong thing all along.
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What if the biggest obstacle standing between you and the life you want isn’t your circumstances, your past, or even yourself?
After being offered an opportunity many coaches would consider a dream, I woke up with an unexpected insight: the key to success wasn’t the opportunity itself. And perhaps the obstacle I’d been imagining wasn’t real either.
What if the barriers we spend our lives fighting are nothing more than temporary realities created through thought?
Maybe the person in the mirror was never the problem.
Maybe there was never an obstacle at all. Read More
What if mental health isn’t something we lose… but something we temporarily lose sight of? A reflection on thought, attention, presence, and the deeper nature of wellbeing during Mental Health Awareness Month. Read More
Lawyers in Suits climb the Ladder of Inference on purpose — it’s literally their job. But in real life, we climb it accidentally, and that’s where the trouble begins. This short follow-up explores why legal reasoning works in courtrooms but creates chaos in personal relationships, and how seeing the ladder helps us make clearer, wiser choices. Read More
