Articles by Giovanni Dienstmann

What is the best way of navigating through challenging times in your life? How do you keep yourself grounded? How do you know when to act, and when to just let it be and observe? In this short piece I share a powerful approach.

What is the best way of navigating through challenging times in your life? How do you keep yourself grounded? How do you know when to act, and when to just let it be and observe? In this short piece I share a powerful approach.

Should you stay on a so-called safe career, or should you make a bold move and start transitioning to your passion career? In light of the AI breakthroughs that we are witnessing, answering this question is now easier than ever.

If you are an avid consumer of personal development material, you likely have a huge list of things in your mind that you would like to remember, change, or implement. Every book, course, video, article, or retreat gives you a handful of things to think about and practice. This can easily become overwhelming and lead to a sense of not […]

I’ve been exposed to hundreds of different ideas, systems, and techniques in my decades of study of personal and spiritual growth—through the lenses of meditation, wisdom, philosophy, and psychology. In my effort to simplify things, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on what the essence of it all is. I knew that the essence had to be simple; otherwise, […]

In Hinduism there is the concept of the four goals of life, which offer a balance approach to spiritual and material growth, encompassing all areas of human development. This is in stark contrast to more monastic and world-denying approaches to spirituality. Many spiritual traditions have a life-denying outlook. They teach you that in order to grow spiritually—to awaken, to elevate […]