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.
Why Flourishing Needs More Than One Good Habit
When it comes to wellbeing, we are often searching for the golden solution. The perfect morning routine. The ideal meditation practice. The latest food trend. The exercise programme that promises...
Will GLP-1 Drugs Change the Way We Think About Addiction?
For decades, society has explained addiction with a remarkably simple narrative. People overeat because they lack discipline. People drink because they lack self-control. People smoke because...
Why Emotionally Intelligent Parenting Begins with You
Every parent wants their child to be successful. We celebrate good grades, athletic achievements, and awards because they are visible signs that our children are doing well. But what if the greatest...
Inspired Action Starts in the Body, Not the Mind
Have you ever known exactly what you needed to do, and still couldn't get yourself to do it? You may have had the plan, the information, and even a compelling reason to begin. You told yourself to focus...
The Power of Appreciation and a Simple Shift That Changes Everything
Is today a good day or a bad day? Maybe it's neither. Maybe it's just, a day. The kind of day where nothing spectacular happens. Nothing terrible happens either. You move through your routine, check...
The Identity Crisis Hidden in Plain Sight and Life After Full-Time Motherhood
Every year, thousands of mothers watch their last child leave home and find themselves facing a question nobody prepared them for, “Who am I now?” This article explores the identity crisis hidden inside...
Five Ways to Know You Are Ready to Experience Rapid Transformational Therapy®
Depending on who you talk to, therapy for maintaining a healthy mind is gaining momentum. Some people still think seeking therapy is taboo. Some people don’t believe they need therapy. Some...
Four Insights Into My Lived Experience With Recovery
In my previous article, ‘Why The Surf of Life is Recovery Reinvented’, I briefly mentioned my lived experience with medication, therapy, loss, and grief during my recovery process. These are the first...
Self-Leadership and How Discipline Creates Freedom
Most people think freedom means doing whatever they want, whenever they want. No rules. No structure. No pressure. No discipline. But in reality, this kind of “freedom” often leads to the opposite...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
