Michelle Vandepas has been kind enough to interview me on her show Divine Purpose. We talked a little about my background in Evangelical Christianity, what it means to live authentically, why meditation can be a problem and much more.
Michelle and I have been blogging friends for a while now. We realised that we [...]
I have a guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog. It is called Creating and Receiving Ourselves. I wrote it to talk about the sense I have that there are parts of me that I don’t much choice about – I can choose to receive them or reject them, but [...]
I have a guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog. It is How Can We Talk About Our Spiritual Experience?
This is a genuine question for me. I’m not sure we have the language to have the discussion yet. I do think we may be at the point where we [...]
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Some years ago now some researchers wanted to study the oldest and healthiest populations. They marked these on a map with blue circles. And so these areas came to be known as “Blue Zones”.
There is an on-going project to research these long-lived and healthy people. The results of studying these people – [...]
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This post is a response to Chris Edgar’s The Trouble with Modesty. It’s a great post that I entirely agree with and that I recommend. I also wanted to add to it and what I want to say I think will be longer than a comment. So here’s my take on the [...]
I’ve just written a new eBook.
It is called Thriving in Your Situation. Buy it now by clicking here.
When I sat down to write it I wanted to be sure that what I had to say was really worthwhile. I thought I would write about how to be as happy as possible whatever situation [...]
God is dead – Friedrich Nietzsche
There’s no one there, you can do what you bloody well like – Kerry Packer (Australian businessman, after being revived from a heart attack).
This post isn’t directly about wellbeing and health as we normally understand them. It is about spirituality (and our values).
What I think about Nietzsche.
1. The first thing [...]
I have a guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real life blog called What is a Good Life?
I survey the three common answers to the question (pleasure, self-development and meaning) and argue that instead of being in competition that each one is a part of a good life. I hope you like it. [...]
