I write a lot about becoming your best self, loving yourself, getting weird. Breaking bad habits. Meditation. Happiness. To the outsider this might seem like overkill. It might seem like optimizing every area of your life is exhausting and a ton of work. And you would be 100% right to say this. In the attempts … Continue reading The Minimum Effective Dose for Self Optimization
The Forgettable Zone of Life
How many moments or days of your life have you lost to the “forgettable zone”? - A space and time of life where you did nothing memorable. A day or period of time that slipped into the depths of your memory, never to be seen again. Boring, normal, ordinary days where nothing much happened. Nights … Continue reading The Forgettable Zone of Life
Self inflicted Stress
The art of creating problems for ourselves It fascinates me how the mind can cling to a topic like a magnet and not let go of it. You read or watch something, have a frustrating conversation, perform badly, etc, and afterwards your mind is left reeling. Attached to the story of what just took place. … Continue reading Self inflicted Stress
The Brain Dump – How to clear your mind and relax
I speak to a lot of people who are stressed out, anxious, and frustrated about some area of their life - with no way to release it. They carry this stress around with themselves day in, day out, occasionally letting go by venting or waiting until it’s unbearable and they explode. For example the other … Continue reading The Brain Dump – How to clear your mind and relax
Gasoline vs. Logs – How to build and maintain high energy levels
I have VERY high energy levels. I’ve always been a jittery, talkative, bouncy and positive person bursting with energy and enthusiasm. Much of this is natural - I’ve always been this way and it’s the disposition I was born with. As a child I was diagnosed with ADHD - key letter in here being the … Continue reading Gasoline vs. Logs – How to build and maintain high energy levels
My Masturbation Meditation
In the journey and commitment to self love, there is no topic that I won't touch...including Masturbation. If we're going to have an honest conversation about self love, how the hell are we going to leave out the beautiful art of the wank!? No, not me. I want to touch this topic and play with … Continue reading My Masturbation Meditation
Make yourself your top priority
Nothing should come before your own needs I believe we should all be a bit more selfish. We should all prioritize our own needs. We should take care of ourselves before taking care of other people. I was recently reading the book “12 Rules for Life” by Jordan Peterson, and he has a chapter about … Continue reading Make yourself your top priority
Overflow your cup of self love
You can only love someone else if you have an excess of love for yourself. I recently watched a video of Lisa Nichols that inspired the living hell out of me. In this video she talks about how we need to “serve from our overflow” - That you can only give love to others when your … Continue reading Overflow your cup of self love
The personification of emotions
How to be more playful with the emotions that rise throughout the day Lately I've been practicing a technique that I like to call "The personification of emotions", which was inspired by the movie "Inside Out." In the movie each of her emotions has a specific character that lives inside of her head. Although she's … Continue reading The personification of emotions
Trying to stop thinking is like telling the ocean to stop making waves
In many meditation practices there is a misconception that there is a need to “stop thinking” or “clear the mind” - that you will eventually reach a state of thoughtlessness with enough practice. I believe that this is an unrealistic goal and the primary reason why most beginning meditators get frustrated. Clearing the mind is … Continue reading Trying to stop thinking is like telling the ocean to stop making waves