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Antti Vanhanen

4 min read

The Role of Our Past in How We Experience Life

For most people - including many psychologists - the human mind largely remains a mystery. After years of spiritual inquiry, here's how...

Antti Vanhanen

4 min read

How to Stop Overthinking Forever

How do you make a jar of muddy water clear? Do you stir it? Do you shake it? Do you add something to it? No matter which action you take,...

Antti Vanhanen

2 min read

What Our Bladder Can Teach Us About Happiness

There's no doubt you've been in this situation a time or ten in your life: You are out and about and you notice your bladder is starting...

Antti Vanhanen

3 min read

Why You Don't Need To Solve Procrastination

Years ago, my parents had a cold tub in their basement by the sauna. The water in it was around 4 degrees celsius. It was C-O-L-D. Over...

Antti Vanhanen

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The Only Life-Hack You'll Ever Need

This hack is so easy and effortless that it’s basically an anti-hack. It also flies in the face of pretty much all the other answers to...

Antti Vanhanen

2 min read

How to Create Bullet (and Circumstance) Proof Confidence

Wouldn't it be great to feel bullet-proof against the ups and downs of life? To enjoy the good stuff, and shrug of the rest? To...

Antti Vanhanen

3 min read

Self-Confidence and the Futility of Self-Improvement

Self improvement is an activity that that so many of us engage in. We want to become better workers, friends, parents, lovers, and team...

Antti Vanhanen

5 min read

The Lost Wisdom of Youth

When I was young, I went after what I wanted with curiosity, boldness and joy. Life was effortless and fun. Sometimes I’d struggle to...

Antti Vanhanen