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How Mindfulness Saved Me From 15 Years Of Heroin Addiction
I was first introduced to mindfulness whilst in the depths of a 15-year heroin detox. After being tortured by anxiety for most of my life, the...
The Cold Email I Wrote to Connect With the Most Successful People in My Country
Source: One of my recent talks, which only occurred as a result of that email I wanted to learn from the best, and I wanted to learn quickly....
How to Use Cognitive Psychology to Change Limiting Beliefs
When our minds hold onto negative beliefs, “I can’t cope, I’m a failure,” it looks for ways to sustain these beliefs. Thankfully, when we hold onto...
The Toxic Habit of People-Pleasing
Whitney Cummings is a highly successful comedian from Los Angeles. From 2011 to 2013, she produced and starred in her own comedy show...
Six Powerful Quotes That Slapped Me Square in the Face
Seven years ago, my life was in the gutter. But after 15 years of addiction, a near-death experience finally gave me the wakeup call I needed. After...
A Complete Guide to the Science of Self-Talk
Listen to an interview with the author about this article on the Better Humans Podcast. For the past five years, I’ve been obsessed with language...
A Simple Tool to Help You to Focus on What You Can Control
In his classic book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey introduced a tool that’s stuck with me — one that I now use regularly to...
How to Identify Your False Self
Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual teacher and author of The Power of Now, widely regarded as one of the most influential spiritual books of our time. At...
4 Common Reasons Why People Fail To Create New Habits
As a brain scientist studying addiction and mindfulness, I’ve been exploring habit formation for the past 6 years. What I’ve found is that old...
12 Age-Reversing Habits: How I Made My Brain 10 Years Younger
Ever since I was a child, I was consumed by anxiety and tormented by my mind. As I got older, my anxiety got worse, and so did my urge to escape it....
How to Pull Yourself Out Of The Gutter: 5 Habits That Led To The Life Of My Dreams
When reading the work of Thomas Jefferson, I came across a line that slapped me square in the face — “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask....
If You Want To Be Fearless, Ask Yourself This Question Every Day
Someone once told me the definition of hell: “On your last day on earth, the person you could have become will meet the person you became.” When I...