1. Manage your testosterone Testosterone for men is essential and the defining hormone that makes a man a man. High levels make you feel confident and rambunctious and aggressive. It makes you lean and muscular and gives you a strong sex drive. What's not to like? In terms of testosterone, we're supposed to be half the men our fathers and …
Mind
In pursuit of better sleep
I've been an insomniac for most of my life. The first memory I have of it being a thing for me was in my first or second year at boarding school when my housemaster remarked on it. He said it was a condition that affected bright people. Of course, I took that. :) Left to my own devices on school holidays, I would stay awake long past midnight. I …
Should we self-censor what we consume?
When I was at uni, I took an Aesthetics class. The Philosophy of Art. I don’t remember much from that course except for a couple of essays on Plato and Tolstoy. Plato was keen that when educating the young men of his Republic that their art be censored and that the youth should only consume art that promoted nobility. So poetry shouldn’t be …
How can we improve mental health?
I go through low periods. For those who know me, this might sound surprising. I'm normally bouncing off the walls with positivity. And this is true for the most part. There are times however where I make myself positive, because I want to and I know that to some extent, you can control your mental state. Mental health is one of those things that …
These 11 things can make you the most positive person you’ve ever met
I took a Strengths Finder test a few years ago and it said that my number one strength was positivity. My number one strength! I couldn't fucking believe it. I wasn't very happy about this because it's a bit lame really. Definitely not as cool or impressive as say your number one strength being 'Strategy'. (That did actually come up as my …
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