My theory of happiness.

Dr Anna Lembke, a psychiatrist, had a patient in her office struggling with depression and anxiety.

Lembke suggested to the young woman that next time she come to her office, she walk there without listening to any entertainment in her headphones.

What's that got to do with depression?

Lembke's book Dopamine Nation discusses how we're so numbed in the modern age with entertainment and distractions that few of us give ourselves the luxury of stillness.

It is here where we connect with our true selves.

But so many people run from these moments because we confuse stillness with 'boredom.'

No one is bored these days.

Ask anyone. They ain't bored.

But is that necessarily a good thing?

I'd argue it is not.

It's my theory that our happiness is closely correlated to the degree to which we are connected to a creative force that flows through us when our minds are still.

Humans are born to create things. Our brains are moulded to create.

When we're in touch with this creative force, ideas come to us without effort. We know what we need to do.

We are gifted answers.

Our minds are a portal that is wide open when we’re present.

I lose touch with this creative force whenever I'm overthinking or lost in a cacophony of distractions and high-stimulus entertainment.

The portal has been closed.

You have felt this creative force many times before.

• Your creative force appears in the shower.

• It appears on long walks.

• It appears when you're in a writing flow.

• It shows up when you lean into creating.

Why?

Because the mind is being operated as it was meant to be.

I am my most creative when I'm not resisting reality.

When I'm not fleeing from it.

When I am not drowning out the force with noise.

When I accept things, my mind opens. I am creative.

Insights appear.

And I am happy.

The more I connect with this creative force, this inner wisdom, this deeper Intelligence...

The happier I become.

And the more human I feel.

Stillness is a practice ⮕I found the answer over years of study and experimentation.

When I stopped resisting my thoughts, my stress decreased and my creativity exploded.

Untethered Mind course shows you, step-by-step, how to let go of unnecessary thinking and experience more stillness.

Learn more here.

Much love,

Alex