by PepTalksBlog | 2025-03-14 | Foundational
Ever had the sense that life is trying to show you something and there’s no avoiding it? This seems to be a recurring thing for me: That there’s a certain experience I’m apparently “supposed “to have. That it doesn’t matter where I go or what I do, I’ll have that...
by PepTalksBlog | 2025-02-27 | Foundational, Personal Growth, Relatonships, Social
The idea of “not giving a fuck” is often presented in pop culture as a kind of ultimate freedom—feeling unbothered by criticism, expectations, or failures. But in reality, like so many ideas we humans love to entertain, it’s mostly an illusion—and, in my humble...
by PepTalksBlog | 2025-02-14 | Foundational, Personal Growth
If you were to feel the full amount of anger you’ve avoided feeling in your life, what do you think would happen?How do you think it would feel? What might it inspire you to do?A few years ago, I got the chance to find out.And what ended up...
by PepTalksBlog | 2025-02-06 | Personal Growth
Have you ever had a friend like this? The kind of person with whom it doesn’t matter: What you do Where you are How you both feel Because you just know that, no matter what, the fact that you are together makes everything better. Just hanging out with them is...
by PepTalksBlog | 2025-01-26 | Personal Growth, Self-improvement
It’s an old self-development cliche to always begin with the end in mind. The idea is that, when you plan out a project, you don’t figure out the steps in order from A to Z. Instead, you start at Z, and reverse engineer the steps it would’ve taken you to get there. (I...