Personal development
Personal development is a lifelong journey of growth and self-improvement, including a wide range of topics aimed at enhancing your skills, mindset, and overall well-being. Learn how to develop new habits and push beyond your comfort zone with actionable advice and inspiring stories, our contributors will motivate you to take charge of your personal development and unlock your full potential.
The Third Culture Identity Crisis No One Talks About
If you have travelled extensively, lived abroad, or seamlessly navigate multiple cultural environments, you have likely asked yourself this exact question. It is a question I face regularly in my private...
Five Common Misconceptions About Stoicism and What the Stoics Actually Taught
Most people who tell you they’re into Stoicism have never studied Stoicism. Instead, they’ve consumed a lot of so-called Stoic content on social media and mistaken that content for an education in the...
Giving the World All of Me – Part 3
For a long time, I lived two completely separate lives, trapped in a silent war within my own mind. When I was drowning in the dark, I was ashamed to admit that I ever wanted better for myself. I thought...
The Man Crystals and the Stories That Helped His Sons Believe Anything is Possible
For quite a few years, things kept growing out of my back. They weren't particularly attractive. They would grow beneath the skin, occasionally reaching something approaching the size of a golf ball...
From Felon to Fabulous – Part 2
If you only knew the first half of my life, you would have bet against me every single time. If you looked at the 14-year-old kid holding a smoking gun, the teenager labeled a felon before he reached...
From the Back of the Line – Part 1
Look at me today, and you might see a success story. You might see a man who moves with purpose, writes with intention, and earned respect in high-level rooms. But before you can ever understand where...
When Life Comes Full Circle
20 August 2020. It is a date that will forever be etched into my memory. In the morning, my eldest son received his General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) results. It was a moment of...
Stop Calling It Self-Care
Self-care is often reduced to pampering, but protecting your health and energy requires much more. This article reframes self-care as self-preservation and explores the practical choices, boundaries...
My Body Knew She Was Gone Before I Did
It was just another Monday. With the sun setting behind the tall canopy of trees along the fence line, I decided to go out into the garden. The blazing heat of the day had faded, but the air, thick...
How Black Professionals Move From Token Roles Into Decision-making
There is a moment many Black professionals recognise, the one where an invitation arrives, and it feels, genuinely, like progress. A seat on a diversity committee. A keynote at a conference. A request...
There's Nothing Wrong With You, You've Just Been Stuck in Survival Mode
You've done the work. You've gone to therapy, read the books, followed the frameworks, and still, self-sabotage shows up right when you're closest to the goal: the video you don't post, the book you...
The Belief-Perception Loop and How Identity Shapes What We Notice, Interpret, and Reinforce
There is a popular idea in personal development that says the brain searches for evidence to prove whatever we already believe. If you believe you are incapable, you will notice evidence of inadequacy...
Is Self-Awareness Helping or Hurting You?
It usually arrives at a quiet moment. You were the one who felt the tension in the room before anyone named it. You read between the lines, softened your words, chose the higher ground, and...
The Relief of Being Teachable
Lately, I have been sitting with a question I don't have a tidy answer for. What actually makes someone teachable? Not in the sense of being agreeable or easy to manage, but in the deeper sense of staying...
Reflections on Empathy, Presence, and the Self
I have felt an affinity for Carl Rogers since I first learned about his work and recently decided to study him in more depth. My understanding of empathy, previously a rather static concept–either you...
