The best books are those that tell you what you already know, but didn’t know that you knew. —Neel Burton, psychiatrist and philosopher, University of Oxford

There is more to being human than the absence of disorder.

We live in an era of rapid change and growing uncertainty. Many of the structures that once gave us identity, meaning, and direction are being upended. Today more than ever, we must answer life’s great questions for ourselves. How should we live, love, work, suffer, and die?

I’ve been searching for answers across psychology and philosophy, literature and history, mythology and ancient wisdom—and sometimes in less obvious places, like a bottle of wine. The deepest truths often emerge where disciplines meet.

Taken together, my books amount to an education in how to think, how to live, and how not to waste your life.

I hope you find something here that speaks to you.

If you’re new here, these are good places to begin.

Pages

• About me
• Ataraxia series
• Ancient Wisdom series

Essays

• What If We’ve Got Happiness Wrong? —Why Eudaimonia Is Better Than Happiness
• The Greek Dog and the Indian Dog | The Odyssey and the Mahabharata — What Homer Can Teach Us About Ghosting
• What Is the Meaning of Life? — Purpose, Freedom, and the Search for Meaning
• Schopenhauer: The Funniest Philosopher? — You Will Laugh and Cry
• Why Wine Matters — What Wine Reveals About Being Human