Jake Barlow

Imagine. It's childhood. You've just built a Lego car. It's assembled perfectly, all done according to the instructions, ideas, creative imagination and plan of its creator. The creator is your Higher Self and the car is your physical Self, built according to a Divine Plan or Blueprint, which was devised by your Higher Self. I want you to also imagine, that this fairly pristine and perfect lego car, is travelling down an actual, physical road known as Life. As your Lego car t

I want you to imagine a very intense and triggering scene. Just for a moment. I want you to imagine a little child, girl or boy, no older than 5 or 6. That child is innocent; full of love, wonder and joy. She is still learning the rules of life, getting used to being a human being and understanding the world and the cruel fact that not all of herself can be fully validated. One day, this child accidentally, or without any thought, upsets his or her parent(s). Perhaps she was

So many of us who are into self-help, spirituality or personal development understand that beliefs are a big deal. We know we need to change them, we know that some of them (or maybe even a lot of them) are holding us back from achieving what it is that we so desperately and truly want for ourselves. From having the "perfect" partner, job and/or lifestyle, or simply having a sense of inner peace and tranquility that we have been craving for years. We know that it is key to ch

Nowadays, most spiritual and psychological posts on social media are awash with the topic of empathy and narcissism. Many people have views as to the dynamics which links these two seamingly polar opposite personality traits; the common consensual view and narrative being that there is a spectrum that links the two together, in what is known as a co-dependent and parasitic relationship construct, whereby the narcissist vampirises the attention and good willed nature of the in