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A woman performing a headstand, representing New Age spirituality

Blog Post

New Age spirituality — it’s missing something.

Grace Kim presenting her TED talk on how cohousing can make us happier

Video

How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)

A screen grab from my Facebook page

Blog Post

Weekly Inspiration #1: One year later.

Author Rob Date 3rd January 2017

The cover of the book The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

Book

The Tao of Pooh

A still from the video Philosophical Meditation from the School of Life YouTube channel

Video

Philosophical Meditation

Max Strom presenting his TED talk on how there is no app for happiness — the effect of technology on happiness and relationships

Video

There is No App for Happiness

A title image for the This Is Water video from David Foster Wallace's Kenyon College commencement speech

Video

This is Water

A close-up of a wave breaking, representing effortless decision-making

Blog Post

The importance of “oh fuck it”

The cover of the DVD of Alamar, the story of a boy visiting his father on the Banco Chinchorro, the biggest coral reef in Mexico

Film

Alamar

Episode 313 of the Tim Ferriss Podcast with Michael Pollan as a guest

Podcast

Tim Ferriss Podcast #313: Michael Pollan on pyschedelics

The cover of the book The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

Book

The Miracle of Mindfulness

The cover of the book The Prophet by Khalil Gibran

Book

The Prophet

Scrabble pieces spelling out the word 'anxiety'

Blog Post

Accepting anxiety — it helps.

Josh Foer presenting his TED talk on feats of memory anyone can do

Video

Feats of memory anyone can do

An infographic showing the fight or flight response, the body's response to stress

Infographic

The Fight or Flight Response

The cover of the book The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer

Book

The Art of Asking

Blog Post

Selfless Improvement

The cover of the book The Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff

Book

The Te of Piglet

The cover of the book The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche

Book

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

Episode 148 of the Tim Ferriss Podcast with Josh Waitzkin as a guest

Podcast

Tim Ferris Podcast #148: Josh Waitzkin returns

Carl Honoré presenting his TED talk praising slowness

Video

In praise of slowness

The cover of the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

Book

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Episode 2 of the Tim Ferriss Podcast with Josh Waitzkin as a guest

Podcast

Tim Ferriss Podcast #2: Josh Waitzkin

The cover of The Way of Zen by Alan Watts, an introduction to Zen Buddhism

Book

The Way of Zen

Alain de Botton presenting his TED talk on a kinder, gentler philosophy of success

Video

A kinder, gentler philosophy of success

The cover of the book Love, Freedom and Aloneness by Osho

Book

Love, Freedom and Aloneness

The cover of Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Book

Siddhartha