A few years back, while exploring the planet on one-way tickets and experiencing so many random acts of kindness, I had a shower-thought: What if, for a continuous period of time, I helped at least one friend a day through whatever he/she may need, and do so with zero expectations to get anything in return? […]
If you’ve been following my work, you know that I’m a proponent of holding a flexible belief system, especially in regards to who we are, our identity, and the character we choose to play. You see, identity is simply a matter of belief system. The word basically describes how we think of ourselves. The way […]
Being in alignment means taking action from a place of completeness rather than from a place of lack. It means making choices while connected with your bigger, more expansive self, rather than your smaller, more limited version. Your indicator of this alignment is your emotions. When you feel ungrounded or dissatisfied, you’re living out of […]
“Enlightenment is not imagining figures of light, but making the darkness conscious.” – Carl Jung As you can imagine, unlocking your true, authentic self can be a lifetime of discovery, but overall, this means being more of who you truly are, bringing more of your own unique light into the world, more of your essence, […]
Recently, I was bitten by a yellow Scorpion. Fortunately, the Scorpion’s venom wasn’t too poisonous, its effects were mild and the numbness and tingling went away eventually. Compared to my snakebite near-death experience a little over a year ago, this time there was no drama, no panic, and no pain. Just me and my thoughts… […]
Who are you? A rather simple question…but would you be able to truly answer it? When asked this question, most people state their name or describe their profession. This is not who they are, of course. A name is just that: a name, a label, something we are identified with. And a job is just […]
Sometimes we set out toward one destination, only to discover that life has been guiding us somewhere entirely different. That is what happened to me in Gran Canaria, a beautiful island off the northwestern coast of Africa. I arrived with a clear plan. I was there for a conference, and the trip was meant to […]
Everyone seems busy now. There is always more to do, more to answer, more to build and manage and improve. Somewhere inside all that movement, the real questions stop getting asked. How do I actually want to spend my limited time here? Not my productive time. My living time. Despite every advance promising more connection […]
Embarking on a 21-day challenge (or experiment as I personally like to call it) is one of the best ways to shake things up, explore something different, and make positive changes in your life. Why 21 days? Because it’s considered to be the minimum length of time needed to imprint a new habit into your […]
We all have moments in life where we idealize something. Money. Power. Freedom. Beauty. Prestige. A person. A version of life we believe will finally make us feel complete. For these moments, here is something important to remember: Idealize money, and you’ll never have enough of it. Idealize power, and you’ll always be in need […]
If I had to define social media, I would call it a platform of fairyland reality. My LinkedIn profile communicates a polished story of a successful entrepreneur. My Instagram show a rosy life with very little stress of any kind. And yes, it is true. I have achieved a lot in life, and I have […]
One of the most distinctive features of the last decade has been the rapid transition to remote work. But from where I stand, the shift is even larger than that. The way I see it, the world is currently undergoing a quiet revolution. It is a revolution I have been part of for more than […]
Most of us are reaching for an outcome when what we actually want is a feeling. Which is why a vision should describe more than what we hope to achieve. Done well, it can shape not only where we are going, but how we want to feel along the way. For many years, mine focused […]
When loneliness arrives, the first instinct is to fill the space with people. That brings relief for a while. But it only masks what is underneath, because the people become a layer laid over a wound nobody has looked at yet. I did exactly this in New England a few years back. I decided my […]
You and I were programmed. We were programmed, in some form or another, to become consumers inside a well functioning system built for profit. From an early age, we were conditioned to desire more possessions and to rarely feel satisfied with what we already have. We were told that we need to buy new clothes […]
We (aka I) have an obsession to keep busy. We often run around like ants who’ve lost their trail, pretending that if we cease for a moment life will somehow fall apart. What we do, in reality, is distracting ourselves from the real, big, and often scary questions. You know, questions like, “What’s the meaning […]
Recently, I went on a waterfall tour through the more remote region of northern Bali, where I was able to re-discover just how sacred water really is. In society, we tend to view water as just a typical liquid substance. However, water is, in effect, a medium with memory. “Water memory experiments” have been conducted […]
Having lived in Australia for 6 years, it was devastating to hear of Kangaroo Island’s recent fire, where tens of thousands of koalas are feared dead on one island alone. Due to the increasing number of global wildfires and our warming planet, I decided to educate myself on the subject and felt like sharing some […]
Setting personal boundaries is not only important for ensuring relationships are mutually respectful, but it’s also imperative for upleveling your life. Your ability to define and maintain these boundaries has a direct impact on the character you want to evolve into, and it can save you a lot of precious time and energy. When you […]
We live in a 24/7 fast-paced world. From the moment the internet came into being, we’ve been constantly “ON,” constantly on our devices, constantly on-the-go. Most of us race through our days without taking enough time to renew our mind, body, and spirit. When you think about it, we rarely stop in our daily lives […]
As men, we hardly ever express vulnerability. We learned to hide feelings of insecurities and keep up the pretense that things are always fine. But they aren’t. 80% of all suicides are men 76% of problem drinkers are men Men make up 93% of work fatalities. The majority of the homeless are men. Men have […]
When it comes to committing to a new journey, it’s easy to come up with excuses. In fact, we tell ourselves so many excuses (i.e. lies) that if I listed them all, I’d never get to the point. I do, however, want to touch on the major ones. You see, from my experience, making excuses […]
Recently, I made a small change: I changed my personal website’s domain name from Talgur.Me to Talgur.Org – A small change, but one that signals a mindset shift. For more than a decade, I’ve worked on developing myself. I’ve contributed and helped others along the way but the focus was very much ME, MY life, […]
New Year’s Eve doesn’t have to be about who can shout the loudest and drink the most. It can be about quiet reflection, making heartfelt resolutions for the year ahead. This year, I decided to spend my New Year in a remote place in nature. No big party, no fancy celebration, no bells and whistles […]
Seems there’s never a dull moment in my life. A few days ago, I was bitten by a yellow Scorpion. Lucky, the venom wasn’t too poisonous. Its effects were mild and the numbness and tingling went away eventually. Compared to my last year snakebite experience which nearly cost me my life, this time there was […]
