What if the pleasure you’re chasing is actually dulling your mind, limiting your freedom, and preventing you from living fully? In a world increasingly obsessed with immediate gratification—whether through mindless TV, shallow social media, or adrenaline-fueled...
Lily Bloom is an ordinary young woman with a marketing job and a dream of opening a flower shop. Unfortunately, she also carries emotional baggage from her father being physically abusive to her mother and, occasionally, to her as a child. The only person she’d...
We have a crisis of self-esteem today. Many young people don’t know what they stand for and don’t believe they’re capable—or even deserving—of a good life. In order to build strong self-esteem, we need evidence that we have chosen the right goals and are pursuing and...
Nora Seed has given up on life. She’s been fired from a low-paying job she kind of liked, her beloved rescue cat has died, and she doesn’t speak to her brother. She panicked before her wedding and broke up with her fiancé. Further, both her parents have died, and her...
In this video, Tom explores how to identify bad self-help advice by pointing out common pitfalls like mystical claims and vague promises. He stresses that success requires practical, evidence-based strategies and warns against quick-fix solutions. The key takeaway is...
The Hogwarts houses reflect three of the four classical Greek virtues—Gryffindor embodies courage, Ravenclaw prioritizes wisdom, and Hufflepuff champions justice—while Slytherin’s ambition challenges the Greek ideal of temperance. Angel unpacks these connections...
Learning how to build strong self-esteem changed my life. It improved my relationships, my work, my ability to plan—and it stabilized my emotions. Reading Atlas Shrugged was key to learning that lesson. I admired Dagny Taggart, the fearless, intelligent heroine...
In 2021, Africa Brooke left the cult of wokeness. In an open letter, she wrote, “If there’s one thing I’m NOT afraid of, it’s being ‘cancelled’.…What I’m truly afraid of is existing in a world that forces me to submit to an ideology without question… this absolutist,...
What is creativity? Both Elon Musk and Benjamin Franklin can give us clues. In 2002, Musk was on a mission to start a company—SpaceX—that would develop the technology needed to get people to Mars. Musk ran into a problem, though: Rocket manufacturers were quoting him...
Many dangers lurk in the marshes of 1950s North Carolina—among them, the criminals who hide there. Kya Clark’s father, an abusive drunk, is one such criminal. When his wife decides she can’t take it anymore and leaves, four of their five children follow, until at last...
