“I Swear”: Exploring the Connection Between Tourette’s, Evolving Consciousness, and Psychological Flexibility
“I Swear” is deeply moving, thought provoking, and hilarious at the same time. It’s a true story about the life of John Davidson—a Tourette’s sufferer whose life gets turned upside down after getting the condition in his early teens. When his ticks started, Tourette’s wasn’t a recognised medical condition, which meant his uncontrollable verbal outbursts […]
The Highway to Your Highest Self
Last year, I asked Iain McGilchrist what he thought the purpose of life was. His response was that it was about living in alignment with universal values like truth, goodness, and beauty (see 1 hour 16 mins here). If you’re unfamiliar, Iain is the author of The Master and His Emissary and widely regarded as one of the […]
Meeting Your Future Selves
In 2017, I was struggling to decide whether to do a psychology degree or set up The Weekend University. This was one of the hardest decisions I’ve had to make, and the thought experiment that follows gave me the clarity I needed to move forward. If you’re struggling to decide between competing paths in life, […]
The Only Scoreboard that Matters
It was a summer night in 2010, and everyone around me was celebrating. Supporters rushed onto the pitch, teammates patted me on the back, and the crowd roared as our captain raised the trophy. My local Gaelic football team had just clinched victory in a cup final after an unexpected and dramatic comeback in the […]
What is This in Service to Inside of Me?
https://niallmckeever.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/What-is-this-in-service-to-inside-of-me.mp4 I interviewed the legendary Dr. James Hollis last week — one of the world’s leading Jungian analysts. One of my key takeaways was a question Dr Hollis regularly asks himself when he’s doing something: “What is this in service to inside of me?” We live in a society optimised for external appearances, which is […]
Nonduality & Consciousness: A Very Simple Introduction
Without being aware of it, we’ve all inherited an insidious belief about the nature of reality. An assumption now so basic to our common sense that it’s taken for granted. This is the worldview of materialism. Simply put, this paradigm holds that what we are on the inside (i.e., mind) is fundamentally separate from the […]