June 8th, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World At the moment, it’s ‘grading time’ at my university. The other day, I felt tired and dazed...
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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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Encounters at the Time of Death: The Puzzle of “Crisis Apparitions”
May 6th, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World As an ex-musician, I love to read books about music and musicians. At the moment I’m reading Lady Sings...
What’s Behind the Great Resignation? Has the Pandemic Led to Post-traumatic Growth?
April 12th, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World Over the last year or so, many people have asked me if the COVID pandemic has brought about post-traumatic...
The Danger of Dark Triad Leaders: The Link Between Psychological Disorders and Power
March 15th, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World The sheer horror of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is so shocking that it’s difficult to process...
The Rare but Powerful Experience of Freedom in Prison
February 25th, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World Imagine you have to spend almost all your time in a single room. Even worse, in the short periods when...
Can There Be Communication After Death?
February 18th, 2022 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World In my recent book Extraordinary Awakenings, I described how bereavement can be a catalyst...
Evaluating the Evidence for Reincarnation
December 23rd, 2021 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World The idea of reincarnation never sat particularly well with me. I used to think it was too neat and simplistic...
Breaking Down and Waking Up: How the Breakdown of Identity Can Lead to Transformation
December 9th, 2021 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World It’s human instinct to avoid suffering and try to make life as comfortable and easy as possible. But...
Transformation Through Turmoil: When Post-Traumatic Growth is Sudden and Dramatic
October 29th, 2021 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World One of the most well-established concepts in modern-day psychology is post-traumatic growth (PTG)...
Why Hedonism Doesn’t Lead to Happiness
October 7th, 2021 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World When I was a teenager, I went through a period of depression. I stopped going out in the evenings, and...
The World Is Not an Illusion
September 30th, 2021 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World One of the biggest myths about spirituality is that it reveals the world to be an illusion...
Extraordinary Awakenings and the Disappearance of Addiction
September 22nd, 2021 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World During his childhood, Parker was bullied and had few friends. Desperate to gain some status and...
