An Uplifting Mantra Meditation: Great Meditation for ADHD
Meditation for ADHD is recommended by ADHD Treatment Australia and many mental health professionals as a way to improve ADHD symptoms. I have found it vital for the management of my ADHD. But not all forms of meditation work well for those with ADHD. Here’s a run down of my experience: An uplifting chant My latest AI art music video is to an uplifting mantra chant that can be used for mantra meditation. Chant along and let the mantra guide you into inner peace and awareness. This 7-minute mantra meditation moves from the familiar world of breath and body, gently into the luminous inner landscape, and back again. The mantra Om Maha Vajra Hung is an invocation of great awareness, the vast stillness that is always present, beneath the noise of thought. As you chant feel you mind opening into greater awareness. Awareness of your breath, of the sound of…
Why Your Value Isn’t Tied to Productivity
What If Your Value Had Nothing to Do with What You Produce? Imagine a world where your worth wasn’t measured by how much you achieve, how many hours you work, or how productive you are. What if your value was simply in your existence? In a culture that glorifies busyness and ties success to financial gain, It’s a radical idea. But what if this belief is not only incomplete but also deeply flawed? The Productivity Trap In Western culture, success is often synonymous with money. Whether it’s climbing the corporate ladder, selling art, or running a business, the underlying message is clear: your value is tied to what you produce. Even at a smaller scale, we’re judged by our usefulness. Are you contributing? Are you achieving? Are you doing enough? This mindset keeps us on a relentless hamster wheel of busyness, where rest feels like a luxury we can’t afford. …
I Spent $350 on Carl Jung’s Stunning Red Book — but I’m Sending It Back
Carl Jung’s Red Book — also known as Liber Novus — is widely regarded as one of the most important psychological documents of the 20th century. But what’s actually inside it? And is the famous facsimile edition worth the price? In this honest review, I share my experience with the full facsimile — thestunning artwork, the Gothic script, the English translation — and why, despite its breathtaking beauty, I’m sending my $350 copy back. Between 1913 and 1917, Jung deliberately entered the imaginal realm through active imagination, recording visions, dialogues with inner figures, and mythic encounters — what he called his “confrontation with the unconscious.” He later illustrated these in a large red leather volume. Kept hidden in a Swiss bank vault after his death, and published only in 2009, the Red Book is the raw source from which all of Jung’s theories emerged. Watch the video for a comprehensive…
The Meditation You Can Do Anywhere: Chanting Your Way Back to Calm
Chanting meditation begins with something beautifully simple: placing your attention on the act of chanting itself. The chant becomes the anchor, the way the breath is in other forms of meditation. You focus on the sound, the rhythm, the movement of the mantra through your mind or your voice. And when your attention wanders — as it always will — you gently return to the chant. This is why chanting is such a powerful bridge into everyday mindfulness. If you can focus on a mantra, you can focus on washing dishes, folding laundry, walking, breathing, living. The object changes, but the practice remains the same. You can chant a mantra, sing it or recite it quietly, and best of all, you can recite it silently in your head at any time, and it stops your thoughts taking over and running wild. The Tibetans say that mantra is that which protects…
Sometimes You Really Have to Groan: The Story Behind my Latest AI Art Music Video
Feeling overwhelmed? Discover why groaning can be a surprisingly therapeutic way to release emotions and reset your day.
Share Your Art as Offering & Avoid Disappointment
Struggling to get your art noticed? Discover why treating your creative work as an offering can transform your mindset and reignite your passion.
Why Your Story Matters More Than You Think: A Love Letter to Human Storytelling
Story has been with us longer than writing, longer than cities, longer than agriculture. It is one of the oldest human technologies we possess—older than the wheel, older than metalwork, older than almost anything we can point to as ‘civilisation’. Long before we built monuments, we built meaning. And we built it through story. The First Stories Imagine a circle of early humans gathered around a fire. The night is vast, the world mysterious, and the flames cast shadows that look like spirits dancing on the cave walls. In that circle sits the storyteller—a role so essential that every culture on earth developed it independently. The storyteller was not merely an entertainer. They were: Through story, people learned how to survive, how to belong, how to understand themselves and the world. Story was how knowledge travelled before writing existed. It was how culture was shaped, protected, and passed on. When…
The ADHD Multi‑Passionate Quandary: Where the Fuck Am I Going?
A look at the multi‑passionate ADHD mind, the search for direction, and the thread that ties a creative life together.
Healing the Inner Child with Expressive Arts
I used to occasionally explode with rage and had no idea why—until I realised my sudden outbursts weren’t random. They were echoes—low‑grade trauma lodged in a younger self who had never been seen. For decades I ignored that small presence. I thought I was simply ‘too sensitive’ or ‘overreactive’. It wasn’t until I sat down and invited her to speak that the pattern revealed itself. She told me what had happened. I used imagination to go back, to stand between the past and the child, to protect her in the way she needed. The memory shifted. The charge eased. The rage that had surprised me for years began to dissolve. The process I used to meet and embrace my inner child was what Carl Jung calls active imagination, and part of that process is recording what happens in your mind through words or one or more of the expressive arts.…
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