Learning for Life: A User’s Guide for the Active Mind

by Eric Daniels • Lifestyle, Philosophy

Nov 6, 2025

How do you decide what’s worth learning in a world overflowing with knowledge? In his LevelUp talk, Eric Daniels explores how to direct your own learning to grow wiser, more capable, and more fulfilled over a lifetime.

From Anxiety to Serenity

by Seamus Riley • Lifestyle, Philosophy

Oct 14, 2025

Seamus shares how he broke free from negative emotional patterns using philosophy, psychology, and personal experience.

Thinking Tools for Loving Life

by Craig Biddle • Lifestyle, Philosophy

Sep 24, 2025

Craig presents high-leverage thinking tools to help you thrive in education, career, relationships, leisure, and overall well-being with confidence and purpose. 

What Does A Rational Life Look Like?

by Thomas F. Walker • Lifestyle

Jun 5, 2025

In the first Reason for Living online seminar, Thomas Walker-Werth explores what living a life based on reason really looks like and how it can help you flourish and achieve...

Creating and Climbing Your Ladder of Happiness

by Thomas F. Walker • Lifestyle

Jun 5, 2025

Thomas Walker-Werth reveals why so many feel lost despite endless opportunities and shows how uncovering your true values can unlock a life of real meaning. He explores a powerful framework...

Judging People is Good For Them—and For You

by Thomas F. Walker • Lifestyle

Jun 4, 2025

When I promote the idea of making life decisions—including about what relationships to maintain and invest in—according to a hierarchy of rational values, one of the most common objections I...

Rethinking Values to Make the Hard Decisions Easier

by Thomas F. Walker • Lifestyle

May 30, 2025

All of us face moments when our values appear to be in conflict. But what if there were a way to organize our values that meant we never needed to give up the things that really matter to us?

Reason, Honesty, and Independence: Three Misunderstood Ideas

by Thomas F. Walker • Lifestyle

May 16, 2025

Most people’s use of these concepts is so imprecise that trying to use them in our lives is like trying to drink a mixture of water and acid.

School Ruins Our Minds. Here’s How We Can Fix the Damage

by Thomas F. Walker • Lifestyle

May 8, 2025

These five areas of focus have transformed my life, and I hope they can do the same for you and other bright, active minds.

‘Unconditional Love’ Makes a Mockery of Love

by Thomas F. Walker • Lifestyle

May 8, 2025

How many times have you been told that you should love your parents, spouse, or even complete strangers “unconditionally”?

Can You Treat Love Like a Business Deal?

by Thomas F. Walker • Lifestyle

May 6, 2025

Healthy relationships are value-for-value exchanges, not one-sided sacrifices.

The Giant Mansion Exercise

by Thomas F. Walker • Lifestyle

May 6, 2025

Uncover your deepest values with the Giant Mansion Exercise: imagine a life of wealth, free time, and purpose to reveal what truly gives your days meaning.