Self Development

Evan on January 30th, 2010

It’s been a long while since I did a round-up of good posts I’ve found. I’ve been bookmarking (blogmarking?) them so I would have them to do a post about. I’ve realised that I won’t get the time any time soon to do a post on each so this is the collection. First up is [...]

Continue reading about Great Posts on Many Topics

Evan on September 1st, 2009

In my experience making significant and lasting change means dealing with the stuff we don’t like about ourselves. Broadly speaking there are two ways to do this: try to ignore/suppress/eliminate it; or we can, welcome/embrace/learn from it. The biggest problem with the attempt to ignore/suppress/eliminate the parts of ourselves we don’t like is that it [...]

Continue reading about Meeting Our Shadow

Evan on June 28th, 2009

This post is about a blog that is rapidly becoming one of my favourites. It’s called Unleash Reality and it is writtern by Alex. He has an article that introduces the blog and gives you an overview of what it is about. Alex’s blog is in the self-development field. His emphasis is on taking action [...]

Continue reading about Unleash Reality

Evan on June 26th, 2009

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. [...]

Continue reading about What is a Good Life?

Evan on May 7th, 2009

Albert, the Urban Monk, has done me the honour of hosting a guest post by me. It is about the difference that self-awareness and ‘self-development’ work make to our daily lives. This is the part of the Hero/ine’s journey that is often less interesting – the end of the story. The quest with its conflict [...]

Continue reading about The Hero/ine’s Return

Evan on October 9th, 2008

Time for some news from my travels around the blogosphere. First up is Chandra Unplugged.  Chandra Alexander gets first place for calling her business Coaching for Authenticity – authenticity being a topic close to my heart.  My attention was captured by this slogan.  When I went to her site it looked slick and corporate which [...]

Continue reading about Blogs for Healing and Self-Development

Evan on September 10th, 2008

The website myinnerselfgrowth is a mine of information.    It contains the usual topics on self-development (vision, discipline, self-esteem) and lots more.  There are pages on spirituality, health and relationships.  Each of the topical pages finishes with a list of ten things to do.  They are all simple and practical.  The perspective on health is [...]

Continue reading about A Great Self-Development Site

Evan on May 17th, 2008

These three blogs are all about consciousness and all come from an ‘eastern’ perspective. By which I mean that they are in the enlightenment traditions of faith and all give a place of honour to meditation. 1. First up is Tom Stine. I’ll do him first because he is the person who I feel closest [...]

Continue reading about Three Great Easternish-type Blogs