Articles
Essays on identity, insight and embodiment, and why change doesn't always stick.
By John El-Mokadem
Can a feeling become so familiar that we forget what else is possible?
As some of my readers might know, there has been a lot of grief in our family recently, which has had me revisiting something I used to teach.
In my work with the Three Principles, we always talked about how...
By John El-Mokadem
When the body puts the brakes on, there may be more going on than we realise.
(This story is shared with permission from one of our clients. Thank you to them ❤️)
Recently we had a session with a client who had had severe back pain for the last 10 weeks. They've been on a journ...
By John El-Mokadem
What an accidental Substack email reminded me about growth, loss and becoming someone new.
Hello everyone - yes, it’s John! 😂
I say this because today you may have received an email from an alternate timeline with a Substack written by Julien, who works behind the scenes with u...
By John El-Mokadem
How insight leaves the training room and meets real life.
I’ve been saying this phrase a lot recently. For me it’s become a way of talking about how we make insight land in real contexts, not just in a coaching session or training room, so that we can create real practical resul...
By John El-Mokadem
Perhaps surrender was never the opposite of intention?
How do we reconcile some of the ancient traditions which point to attachment to outcomes being the source of suffering, and manifestation principles which suggest actually shaping the outcomes of our lives?
It’s a great que...
By John El-Mokadem
Why tiredness during periods of transformation may not always mean what we think it does
In my last Substack, I wrote about how surprised I was at how physical the experience of grief could be.
It wasn’t just the emotions that came with losing a loved one, but the sense that my...
By John El-Mokadem
What if the body doesn't just remember the past, but rehearses who we believe ourselves to be?
For regular readers of this Substack, you may have noticed that I’ve been quiet the last 8 weeks.
The reason for this is that it has seemed like life threw a proverbial grenade into o...
By John El-Mokadem
The deeper intelligence may already be within us. The question is how we can become available to it.
I know. I know. This title sounds like an oxymoron.
But hear me out.
Something I've been sitting with a lot lately is what I used to teach about creation during my Three Princi...
By John El-Mokadem
Why familiar suffering often feels safer than an unknown freedom.
“He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.” — Lao Tzu
What if the things that excite you have more power than the things you are afraid of leaving?
So many of us are stuck doing things...
By John El-Mokadem
Sometimes the environment has to change before the identity can stabilise.
It’s a question I’ve wrestled with many times. How can someone have a peak experience where they really see and feel the potential of a new way of being, but actually integrate that into their life in a s...
