I realise now that
I realise now that I never knew what being unfocused or not being able to focus looked like. But I know I consciously attempted constantly to not look like that which I didn’t know how it looked. So then how I acted and looked was defiant. Children are pure. I didn’t want to be defiant […]
Stand still
Please enjoy this published record of the expression of David Whyte on A Thinking Allowed DVD with Jeffrey Mishlove where they discuss the poem Lost by David Wagoner. The original footage can be watched first, if you like, before reading my written record of it. Jeffrey Mishlove, the interviewer, begins by stating that there are so many aspects of society that […]
The third Chinese patriarch of Zen
The Great Way (Tao) is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When not attached to love or hate, all is clear and undisguised. Separate by the smallest amount, however, and you are as far from it as heaven is from earth. If you wish to know the truth, then hold to no opinions […]
Reflections on burnout as a neurodivergent entrepreneur
In 2022, I was diagnosed with ADHD and autism. In 2023, I reflected on my experiences of burnout, which I understand is an important topic within neurodiversity. Neurodiverse burnout is a state of physical and mental fatigue, heightened stress, and diminished capacity to manage life skills, sensory input, and/or social interactions, which comes from years […]
Action is the cake that goes rotten without its cherry on top

This short essay is an exploration of beliefs and actions: what they are, how they are metaphysically connected and how you cannot eat the cherry without the cake but when the cake is left without its cherry it becomes rotten. The exploration was one I felt compelled to embark on. My motor-pulling brain’s cable car […]
Phil Stutz and his ten tools
On the 14th of November, 2022, a documentary directed by Jonah Hill was published by Netflix on the life and psychiatric methods of the world-leading therapist, Phil Stutz. This was not a typical Jonah Hill movie where he crawls on all fours for a significant amount of time, drooling and mumbling with rounded spectacles and […]
Ostinato rigore
The similarities of philosophy between Andrew Tate’s dad and Leonardo Da Vinci You’re going to have to bare with me on this one… I’m unsure, at this moment of grasping this random idea and beginning to write it out if the fact that I am the first to make this connection is a good thing […]
How to move on (stoicism)
This article captures what the old me called a ‘journal entry’ and it is a fascinating time capsule of who I was at the time and what I was grappling with in my mind. Breakups provide us with a great emotional challenge and an abundance of grief. When confronted with a breakup, we wonder how […]
Disconnecting to reconnect
This article captures what the old me called a ‘journal entry’ and it is a fascinating time capsule of who I was at the time and what I was grappling with in my mind. Note: This will likely be a journal entry. At the start of September 2019, I was one month further into my […]
Softening solitude
This article captures what the old me called a ‘journal entry’ and it is a fascinating time capsule of who I was at the time and what I was grappling with in my mind. Solitude is my latest enemy. I have been fighting him for around a year, and I think I’ve finally come a […]