Articles

Essays & Articles

I write about how to overcome the emotional barriers to personal growth and wellbeing.

Agency

The High Agency Mindset

How to Identify High Agency People

Agency Blockers: 3 Core Beliefs Keeping You Stuck

Anxiety

7 Signs You’re an Anxious High-Achiever

4 Causes of Chronic Anxiety

Manage Your Stressors, Not Your Stress

Confidence

The Two Sides of Confidence

How a Nuclear Physicist Overcame Self-Doubt

Maybe You Are an Imposter?

Communication

How to Be More Assertive

How to Take Feedback without Getting Defensive

How to Stop Taking Things Personally

Emotional Intelligence

13 Spiky Points of View on Emotional Health

Why Emotional Intelligence Is Overrated

41 Pieces of Very Bad Emotional Advice

Productivity

Productivity Spelled Backward is Self-Discovery

Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time

How to Stop Procrastinating: A 4-Step Framework

Resilience

Emotional Strength Training

3 Habits That Will Make You Mentally Strong

The Problem with Coping

Self-Awareness

10 Questions for Better Self-Awareness

How to Identify Self-Aware People

3 Exercises That Build Self-Awareness

Sleep

4 Causes of Bedtime Procrastination

The Sleep Compression Cure

7 Habits of Exceptionally Good Sleepers

Values

How to Clarify Your Values

11 Questions to Help You Find Your Purpose

Shadow Mapping: A Beginner’s Guide to Shadow Work