Blog
21 min read
How to stop sabotaging yourself: hypnosis for emotional regulation and resilience under pressure
A free masterclass on hypnosis. What it is, how it works at the level of brainwaves, what it can and cannot do, and every misconception worth clearing up.
10 min read
Controlling your emotions and your thoughts: the ability that makes the difference under pressure
If I had to start life again I would trade every other skill for two. Why the confidence that you can regulate yourself is worth more than the technique.
9 min read
90% of performance comes from three or four things, not from thirty exhausting micro-optimisations
The Coke Zero next to two Big Macs, and why stacking 0.1% optimisations is what keeps you from fixing the things that would actually change your results.
6 min read
Internal control, the only one you really have when circumstances get out of hand
Three landing attempts into a storm over London, a stranger called Amina, and what is left when you genuinely control nothing outside yourself.
8 min read
What price are you willing to pay to be (more) free?
The job I turned down at eighteen, why freedom means time, mental quiet and money in that order, and the two day rule I use to defend it.
4 min read
Feeling like you have plateaued? Stop the overthinking.
Very capable people often plateau precisely because they are so good at thinking that they forget to live. What to do when your only tool is a hammer.
4 min read
When you are too tired to make decisions
Seven out of ten clients who come to me are in some form of burnout. What that says about the people who are supposed to be doing best.
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Do you really need pressure in order to function?
Some people feel pressure from too much work. You feel it when you stop. Why that happens, and the bias underneath it.
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We recognise each other: a story about perseverance, process and results
A job interview I failed on purpose, a thank you that arrived fifteen years late, and why the process has to be enough on its own.
4 min read
When you can no longer manage the pain
An acupuncturist asked me about a place in my mind I was certain did not exist. What happened next, and what it taught me about internalising control.