The ideas library
“How do I know what I think until I see what I say?" E.M. Forster
Welcome to my ideas library, dear reader. I’m glad you’re here.
Explore a collection of essays and articles I’ve written exploring psychological concepts through attachment, spirituality, modern culture and humour.
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Reflections on Buddhist psychology, mindfulness and contemplative practices taken from various world religions and different spiritual traditions. Putting together mind, meaning and spiritual life.
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Exploring attachment theory, relationships and psychotherapy.
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Clear, accessible explorations of psychological ideas and research.
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Essays on AI, ethics and how technology is reshaping our lives.
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Reviews and reflections on books, films and the ideas they provoke.
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Looking at deep concepts through a lighter side of life.
Life is a continuum
Every generation inherits echoes of the one before — but are we destined to repeat them? Drawing on the wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh, this reflection explores how mindfulness and conscious choice can transform inherited hardship into healing, and how the present moment holds the power to reshape the legacy we leave behind.
4 Lessons I Learned from ‘The Path to the Nest of Spiders’
A boy steals a gun and, in that moment, loses something more valuable than he gains. Drawing on Italo Calvino's The Path to the Nest of Spiders and Tim Ingold's image of the spider and its web, this reflection explores the psychology behind why we tie our identity to external things — money, status, objects — and why true power only ever comes from within.
Marina Abramović's Rhythm 0: Between the Flower and the Blade
Marina Abramović, a performance artist born in Belgrade, often called the grandmother of performance art, has always used her own body as the stage and the question. In 1974, in Naples, she created Rhythm 0.add