March 2nd, 2023 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World I have been writing blog posts for Psychology Today for 12 years now. I have regularly written about “psi” phenomena such...
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Steve Taylor holds a Ph.D in Transpersonal Psychology and is a senior lecturer in Psychology at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. Steve’s books have been published in 19 languages and his research has appeared in numerous scientific journals, as well as the popular media in the UK.
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A Transformation of Purpose: From Selfishness to Altruism
February 14th, 2023 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World A sense of purpose means having a central, overarching goal (or goals) that provides a sense of motivation, direction, and...
Chemical Enlightenment? Can Psychedelic Substances Bring Personal Transformation?
January 13th, 2023 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World In the 1960s, there was a popular belief – popularised by psychedelic pioneers like Timothy Leary – that drugs such as LSD...
Looking at the World with New Eyes
December 23rd, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World When I was 15 or 16 years old, I used to enjoy staring out of my bedroom window at night, at the sky and the gardens and...
The Path of the Parent: How Parenthood Can Bring Personal and Spiritual Growth
November 25th, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World Dirty diapers, being woken up in the middle of the night, a house full of screams and squeals, food splattered all over the...
Benjamin Libet and the Denial of Free Will
November 18th, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World You might feel that you have the ability to make choices, decisions and plans — and the freedom to change your mind at any...
The Happiness of Not Thinking
October 27th, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World One of the most well-known phrases in philosophy is, “I think, therefore I am,” from the 17th-century French...
The Self is Not an Illusion
October 21st, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World In some contemporary spiritual teachings, there is a belief that the self is illusory. To become enlightened, or “realised”...
The Madness of Doing: Are We Human Beings or Human Doings?
October 14th, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World Many people cherish a belief that there will be a time in their lives when they’re finally able to sit back and relax. After...
Why Do Near-Death Experiences and Psychedelics Have a Transformational Effect?
September 23rd, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World My main area of research as a psychologist is what I call “transformation through turmoil.” Occasionally, people...
When the Mind Stops: How Mental Quietness Leads to Wellbeing
August 26th, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World How often is your mind quiet? If you’re a typical human being, the answer is probably very rarely. For most of our days...
The Strange Phenomenon of Addiction Release: A Personal Perspective
August 16th, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World A few years ago, I met a young Scottish man seeking to understand a strange psychological change he had undergone after years...
