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Picture: Egyptian wall painting from the tomb of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasa, 12th Dynasty, around 1920-1900 BC.  We tend to believe that mastery in life whether in work, creativity, relationships or adversity is primarily a technical problem. The cycle goes like this - learn the skills - optimise the process - refine the method. Yet across domains such as performance psychology, trauma research, contemplative practice and even psychedelic science a different pattern emerges - mental state...

Picture: Transfiguration by Sergey Petrovich Panasenko , 1993 If we are serious about creating a better world we have to be willing to question the frameworks we have inherited especially when they present themselves as neutral, inevitable or complete. One of the most common objections raised whenever diversity is discussed particularly in workplaces and educational institutions is the insistence that education, qualifications and merit should always come first. On the surface this sounds...

Picture: Animal Grotesques, mid 18th century, Punjab Hills We tend to imagine thinking as a clean step-by-step logical process - we sit with a problem, reason through it and arrive at a solution. When an answer suddenly appears we call it intuition and often treat it as something separate, mysterious and irrational. Neuroscience suggests that logic and intuition are not the opposites and problem solving happens in a hybrid space between them (Kounios & Beeman, 2014). In neuroscience logic is...