About Global Self-Improvement
We believe that lasting change is slow, unglamorous, and deeply personal. This is a reader-supported journal for the long walk — not the quick fix.
What we believe
Global Self-Improvement was founded on a quiet conviction: the most important work of a life is the inner work, and it deserves writing that takes it seriously.
We are tired of the hustle-industrial complex — the productivity gurus who never slept, the mindset coaches who turned growth into another optimisation problem, the self-help shelf that promises transformation in ten easy steps. That is not how people change.
People change slowly, in small increments, through habits of attention that compound across years. They change when they read something that names an experience they had but never articulated. They change when they feel understood rather than sold to.
That is what we try to do here. We publish essays that are evidence-informed, human-scaled, and written with care. We cover mindset, productivity, career growth, and emotional intelligence — not as separate categories, but as four rooms in the same house.
Our writers
8 articles across four categories, written by people who study, practice, and live what they teach.
Amara Okonkwo
Mindset Coach & Behavioral Psychologist
Amara has spent fifteen years studying the intersection of cognitive science and daily habit formation. She holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town and has coached Olympic athletes, CEOs, and thousands of readers across forty-two countries toward more intentional living.
Ben Whitaker
Productivity Strategist
Ben is a former McKinsey consultant turned independent writer. He has tested more than three hundred productivity systems on himself and his clients, distilling the principles that actually survive contact with a busy life. He lives in Edinburgh with two very opinionated cats.
Sara Lindqvist
Career Development Editor
Sara spent a decade inside talent development at Spotify and Klarna before turning to full-time writing. Her work focuses on the messy, human side of career change — the inner negotiations, the quiet pivots, the conversations that change everything.
Daniel Park
Emotional Intelligence Researcher
Daniel teaches applied empathy at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. His research on emotional granularity has been published in five peer-reviewed journals, and he believes the most underrated skill of the next decade is the ability to name what you feel.
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