Mental Health

Want a fail-proof way to boost self-love, contentment, and joy? Stick around, as we reveal how to unlock the best friend you’ve always had: you! Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, lived a person named…well, let’s call them You. Now, You was quite the adventurer…

When the ‘disease to please’ earns us praise, what hope do we have to reverse course and actually heal? — They are the phrases that make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. The expressions that make my stomach drop. The remarks that should alert us that something is…off. And here’s the worst part: The dysfunction that these phrases are steeped in — and the stench that…

Lessons in civility learned from behind a fast-food counter — When I turned 16 I took my first job, at McDonald’s. I was a “counter girl” — meaning I took customers’ orders. These were the days before drive-thrus, so I got to talk to a lot of people face-to-face. I liked that a lot. However, I did deal with my…

“Do you want to make your brain your BFF in your battle against bad habits? Buckle up! This mind-blowing journey through the magic of neuroplasticity will change the game forever. You won’t just break your bad habits; you’ll transform them into rockstar routines!” Hey, habit-havers and neuron-nurturers! We’ve all got…

An Introspective Postmortem of My Proudest Failure (to date) A common Silicon Valley mantra is “Build something you need, and you’ll find that others need it too.” In hindsight, the initial impetus for MadeMan was fairly niche. After becoming a poster child for Bitcoin and blockchain technology, I found myself…

A lifeline of support for people who don’t have enough money for essentials — Cast your mind back 3 years to March 2020, and the first national lockdown. It was a time of crisis for many. But when individuals and families most needed support, help was hard to find. Community services and advice agencies were forced to close their doors. Where services were open…

Chapter one Daka I gradually open my eyes, allowing my vision to adjust to the world around me. The colors appear blurry at first, but I can still make out the vibrant hues of my mother’s floral-patterned gown as she stands by my side, peering down with concern to see…

It’s about letting go. — I was listening to another amazing Mickey Singer talk yesterday (at tou.org) when he brought up the great 19th century Indian saint, Ramakrishna. This guy was the real deal. How so? Rather than chronicle his life and teachings, of which many thousands of pages have been written, I’ll relate a…

Believe. Yeah…you read that title right… And I know you are ready to get to how this incredible, life-changing, you-wont-believe-this-story, few minutes how this picture came to be! We are going to jump right into that…but One, you have to know some of the backstory to find out what wound me to where I was. Two, trigger warning…