Out of all the mysteries in the world, the most puzzling one is this: our own self. Who am I? Why do I do what I do? What do I want? How come I feel this way? Where do these thoughts come from? What can I do to change this? Questions like these put us … Read more
Here’s a beautiful song I discovered today. Very soulful, gentle music.
I felt like my life was falling apart. I had screwed up so many things, with so many people, and it was too late to fix things. I felt tired, mentally exhausted. Here it was: emotional brokenness. My spirits low, energies depleted, I felt alone—even though I had people that cared for me, loved me … Read more
We’ll share many self-awareness exercises in here, their respective advantages and disadvantages, why it’s worth doing them, and much more. But before we go into all that, let me share one of my favorite self-awareness exercises with you. It’s called Getting to Know a Protector, and I discovered it in Richard Schwartz‘s fantastic book No … Read more
The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile is an amazing book about the Enneagram, which is an ancient personality type system of unknown origin that holds up surprisingly well in our modern day and age. What follows are excerpts from the book: The 9 Types: TYPE ONE: The Perfectionist. Ethical, … Read more
Here‘s a great video of some general life advice we all need for living in this age: it‘ll help us lead a more fulfilled, successful, and happy life. Pleasure without prior requirement for pursuit is terrible for us Those who will be successful are those who can control their relationship to pleasure The proximity and … Read more
Self-awareness is one of the most important factors to living a truly fulfilled life—a life worth living. We often spend so much time trying to make our way in the world around us, when the truth path we need to wander is really within us: getting to know ourselves. Truly becoming self-aware. Many great minds … Read more