24 YRS AGO... Celebrating achieving what I got told to be impossible. Have you ever had a situation where you did something that was...

What you focus on expands . And most people focus on the wrong thing. Travelling alone. Eating alone in a restaurant. One mind says: “I’m lonely. Something’s wrong with me.” Another mind says: “I’m comfortable with myself. I don’t need permission.” Same itinerary. Same table. Same food. Same event. Different experience. The difference: the mental and emotional state . While life can expose to tragic moments, most of the time "We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suf

As this chapter closes, there’s one reflection that keeps returning. The most important relationship you will ever build is the one you have with yourself. Not as an idea. As a daily practice. How you speak to yourself. How you regulate emotion. How you stay present when life doesn’t cooperate. Many people focus on finding the “right” partner. Few pause to ask a more honest question: Am I becoming the kind of person someone with those values would want to walk beside? That’s

Every legend begins the same way. Not with glory. With confusion. The land is ruled by Dragons of Comfort — Netflix the Red — Sugarfang the Sweet — Lord Procrastinus, Devourer of Potential They don’t burn villages. They keep people just tired enough to never leave. You start in the Ordinary World —where dragons don’t attack cities, they attack habits . They sit on your chest at night. They whisper, “Tomorrow.” Then one day… A strange thing happens. Then comes the Call to Adve

How long ago was the last time you did something you considered truly important and you were fully present? Tonight, I had the opportunity to dedicate my time and full attention to one of the most important people in my life: my daughter. It had been far too long since we last sat down and shared dinner together. And I realised, in that simple moment, how much I had missed it. I could easily write about the importance of honouring the time we spend with the people we love. Yo

Many fear the poison. But some are already immune. Not immune because life has been easy. Quite the opposite. They’ve questioned things early. They’ve noticed cracks in the stories they were told. They’ve felt that quiet tension between who they are  and who they’re expected to be . The mongoose doesn’t win because it attacks harder. It wins because its nervous system responds differently. The venom doesn’t hijack it. That’s how real change works too. At the end of this year,

January 1st is deceptive. Everything feels possible. Nothing has been tested yet. And delay still feels harmless. AND... This is why most resolutions fail. Because they aim at outcomes, not identity. Ancient Stoic philosophy focused on character for a reason. Why? Because your nervous system will always default to who you believe yourself to be — not to what you promise yourself. You don’t get the life you want. You get the life you’re conditioned to live. What people miss ou

This year didn’t ask politely. It rearranged things. It asked for honesty. It made it impossible to keep postponing the important parts of life. I had to change my programs — not because of strategy, but because life had other projects for me. You can hide. But you don’t escape. The Stoics understood this deeply. They didn’t talk about comfort. They talked about alignment — about choosing what is right over what is easy. In most modern times I heard the following: what you av

Boxing Day sits in a strange place. The celebrations are behind us.The new year hasn’t arrived yet. And for a brief moment, there’s space to notice what you’re still holding. As we move through the last days of December and close out 2025, a simple question becomes powerful: If it’s heavy, why are you still carrying it? Weight isn’t always physical. Sometimes it’s perception. Sometimes it’s identity. Sometimes it’s a belief that once protected you — and now limits you. In Aus

This time of year has a strange quality. Lights, rituals, shared meals, familiar greetings — Merry Christmas , Happy Holidays , different words pointing to the same pause. And still, the noise keeps pushing. Information isn’t neutral. Language isn’t innocent. Repetition trains perception. As Virginia Satir said, nobody lives in a vacuum. Your inner world is constantly responding to the outer one — tone, implication, emotional pressure — whether you call it media, culture, or

A few days ago I joined a small group for a full day of meditation. No goals. No outcome to chase. Just attention, silence, and the honest observation of my own patterns. What became obvious very quickly was how deeply ingrained the need for perfection  is — even in stillness. And how liberating it is to let that go. Progress is more important than perfection. Always. Anyone can give up when things get uncomfortable. That’s not strength — that’s relief-seeking. As Miyamoto Mu

Comfort is rarely questioned — and that’s precisely why it’s powerful. It doesn’t force you. It persuades you. It frames limitation as maturity and calls curiosity “risk.” COMFORT is the only addiction that gets applauded. Now... Both faith and fear require belief in something unseen. One sharpens perception. The other dulls it. In a world saturated with opinions, headlines, and borrowed certainty, the real skill isn’t knowing what  to think —it’s knowing how your thinking is

As the year winds down, something interesting happens. The external noise fades just enough for an internal signal to come through — subtle, persistent, impossible to ignore. Not “What did I achieve?” But “Who did I become while achieving it?” People don’t want what you make. They want how it makes them feel about themselves. That sentence alone dismantles most marketing strategies, most leadership models, and quite a few personal development movements. Because what people ar

“Press the clutch, shift to first, look in the mirror, release slowly…”“I understood,” he says confidently. Then comes his turn. He sits behind the wheel, hands on the steering wheel, foot hovering over the pedal… and nothing. All the steps he knew  a minute ago vanish. Laughing about this is a powerful tool. It helps us putting us in the right state... Were we use a different quality of emotional state to learn faster, and better, as we pay a different quality of attention.

One step at a time. A little bit better than before. Keep going. Ten years ago, I was working as the head trainer and artistic director for Zig Zag Circus, while also running the circus program at Seacliff Primary School — where we’d just finished installing my beloved Chinese pole. Then, in one glorious display of “wrong arm, wrong time,” I ruptured my distal bicep tendon while spotting a gymnast. There was a loud rip  — imagine someone tearing a bedsheet right next to your

Sometimes it’s not fear.Sometimes it’s not lack of knowledge. Yet, you feel stuck. Ready to act. Motivated. But still, nothing changes. The reason? Invisible chains. Patterns, beliefs, and emotional habits that quietly control your decisions, your energy, your focus. I used to blame myself for “not trying hard enough.” I planned more. Pushed harder. Overthought.Nothing worked… until I realized I was fighting the wrong battle. Once I learned to notice the invisible chains — to

After reading the book, I watched the movie. In The Giver  by Lois Lowry, an entire society sacrifices difference in the name of peace. They call it sameness  — a world without envy, greed, anger, or hatred. No pain. No conflict. No choice. On the surface, it sounds like paradise. But in exchange for safety, they gave up freedom. In exchange for control, they lost colour, music, and emotion. And with that, they lost their humanity. The story reveals something we all feel, dee

“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words.If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.”— Philip K. Dick Today, they don’t need censorship.They’ve mastered something much smarter: emotional control through moral language. They whisper, “We must protect the weak, defend the oppressed.” And of course, we agree — because empathy is human. But slowly, the words shift. The meanings tighten. You’re not

People chase more. More hours, more effort, more “stuff.” But the truth? It’s not how much  you do. It’s the quality  of who you are that...

More than 40 degrees of thermal excursion from outside to inside. (from -25 to +20 Celsius) Surrounded by some of the most talented...