Life often moves quickly. We rush from one task to another, rarely pausing to check in with ourselves. Yet, slowing down and tuning into how we feel through our bodies can reveal much about our inner world. Existential analysis, a philosophical and therapeutic approach, invites us to explore this connection deeply. It encourages us to find meaning by understanding our existence, starting with the most basic motivation. What Is Existential Analysis and the First Foundational M

People today, especially those of a more scientific bent, often pull back or grow suspicious the moment they hear the word spirituality. This does not happen without good reason. There is a widespread assumption that you have to belong to some group or follow an organisation or a leader, and there is no shortage of supposed spiritual guides who abuse or have abused their position betraying the very message they claim to promote. At the same time, there is often also a dogmati

There is a phenomenon, existentially rather complex, that presents itself as a puzzling paradox. It is the failure of the successful person, of someone who reaches what they worked towards for years and, on reaching it, does not find the fulfilment they had assumed would come with it. The position, the recognition, the security, everything is in place, and yet the sense persists that something essential has not been touched by any of those achievements. The usual response is

Life as a constant chase after goals and targets dominates the way we live today. Life as the famous rat race that never ends, from school to the next project at work, always laboring for the sake of something more that is still to come. We tell ourselves that once we land the job, once we sort out our finances, once the partner or the house or the recognition arrives, then, yes, then we will finally be happy. And so we go, from goal to goal, staking our happiness on what is

Almost all of us have found ourselves at one in the morning, scrolling aimlessly through our phones. No one is forcing us. In theory, you can stop whenever you want—or can you? If someone asked you, right then, whether you were scrolling freely, you'd say yes. After all, you're doing exactly what you want. And yet that dazed, almost anaesthetised state often leaves us with an uneasy feeling, as if we weren't truly free in that moment. We're doing precisely what we desire, but

Why do some days feel meaningful and others empty? Existential Analysis traces it to four fundamental motivations, four questions life keeps asking us, and this practical guide shows what they are and how to begin answering them.