Steve WhiteleyTales of a solitary meditation retreatIn early December last year I went on my first solitary retreat. It’s something that I had wanted to do for a while, but only recently felt…Feb 1, 2023Feb 1, 2023
Steve WhiteleyWhy making a short film led me to start microdosing.This Summer I made a short film that nearly broke me. It’s the second one I’ve written and directed and it just so happened to coincide…Nov 22, 20221Nov 22, 20221
Steve WhiteleyApologies, sorry seems to be the hardest word.Sorry is one of the most powerful words in the English language. It’s cathartic for the person saying it, but equally so for the hard done…Nov 14, 20222Nov 14, 20222
Steve WhiteleyEveryone is sort of saying nothingThere’s a new sort of fashionable phrase being uttered from the mouths of academics, celebrities and politicians. And it’s becoming quite…May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
Steve WhiteleyThe time I reclaimed my stolen bicycleSometimes in life you get a premonition, a dreadful feeling in the pit of your stomach that you can’t explain. You just know that shit is…Mar 1, 2022Mar 1, 2022
Steve WhiteleyMorning glory routine — A poemMeditate, Exercise for hours. Lifting weights, Freezing cold showers.Feb 28, 20221Feb 28, 20221
Steve WhiteleyInsta-Love will tear us apart.A modern relationship is never just between you and a partner. I’m not referring to polyamorous or open relationships, I mean of course…Jan 12, 2022Jan 12, 2022
Steve WhiteleyThe down side to coming last.The great motivator to having a baby first as a next generation family member, friend or rival, is that you get first dibs on everything…Nov 24, 2021Nov 24, 2021
Steve WhiteleyThe time I did MDMA assisted therapy with a shaman.It had been suggested by a friend (a friend training as a psychotherapist I might add) that trying MDMA assisted therapy could be the…Nov 11, 2021Nov 11, 2021
Steve WhiteleyI’m so bored of being nice.I’m so bored of being nice, it’s such a fucking effort. But being a secret arsehole is surely worst than just being nice or a straight up…Sep 30, 2021Sep 30, 2021