Inner Work Library:
2019 - 2025

Read about 700 psychology books

This has taken five years, and I don't recommend that anybody replicates this level of volume. Not many new ideas were found after the first 450 books, but I wanted to see what was out there.

Second read the top 20%

There were around 160 books which I wanted to read twice, and each re-read involved sitting at my laptop manually typing and transcribing all book highlights into a simple word document.

The average document size is 12 pages.

Work with clients, teach on YouTube.

I work directly with 20 people per year, and teach as much as I can for free on YouTube on a weekly basis.

The public and the private feels well balanced.

The Shadow Work Library

I spent four years researching, teaching and coaching clients before making this course. It's the best full-spectrum shadow work course you can find on the internet, and you can join if you keep scrolling.

Film 330+ videos for The Self Integration School

This is where we are right now,  and it's about two years of filming to finish this curriculum while meeting my other responsibilities.

Many people have advised me to make my school smaller, but I'm benchmarking for excellence and 30 dense modules feels like the smallest I can get for a genuinely full-spectrum curriculum.

Depth takes time, and the essential message of this school is two books per week for one year or one book per week for two years.

Open the school & learn more together

School admissions open in late 2025.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are you building an online school?

I have three specific visions that I want to share with you.

1) I believe in human potential, and I'm saddened by the superficiality of the internet right now. We need more depth online, and I want to provide you with the resources you need to analyse and integrate your own issues and aspirations in a sincere and enduring manner.

2) I want to nourish your intellectual and spiritual maturation by familiarising you with the most exciting, challenging and credible concepts in developmental psychology, consciousness studies and transpersonal metaphysics; with central emphasis on comparative and mature integration of multiple complex theories from the last hundred years of psychological thought.

3) I want to encourage you to become an empowered individual with an everyday baseline of authentic self-expression as a combined outcome of the two previous intentions, plus the application of holistic health principles, self-educational practises, and well-boundaried lifestyle habits.

What's included in the curriculum?

This is an intense and highly-academic experience, and you'll get access to over three-hundred videos across thirty teaching modules and bibliographic video reviews. Similarly to a masters degree structure, each teaching module is thematically structured around three to five core texts which will be unpacked through theory and practice in lecture lessons and guided exercises.

Do I need to complete the curriculum in order?

No. Each of the thirty teaching modules, with the exception of the first three foundational modules, are self-contained experiences which encourage specific and immediate action on the topics you care the most about.

There are one-hundred-and-four niche books featured in this school, as well as dozens of 'hidden menu' suggestions throughout the lessons. Dozens of the more advanced resources require weeks to study, and I don't expect you to make quick progress. Most students will need a month to complete a module.

I do not expect the majority of students to complete my curriculum, but a well-motivated student will be able to build a book-per-week reading habit to complete around fifty-two books within their first year inside the school.

Exceptionally motivated students will be able to complete the entire video curriculum and 80% of the reading material within one year, which is a two-book-per-week rate at four to five hours of reading per day.

Can I see the full module list?

Yes, thank you for asking.

0. Welcome & Orientation
1. Introduction & Foundation: Self Integration Principles
2. Trauma Work Overview: PTSD & Attachment
3. Inner Child Healing
4. Shame & Guilt
5. Self Harm & Self Criticism
6. Addiction & Consumption
7. Dissociation & Disembodiment
8. Somatic Therapy: Introduction & Self Regulation
9. Bioenergetics & Cathartic Release
10. Somatic Golden Shadow / Somatic Self Actualisation
11. Shadow Work: Introduction & Foundation
12. Active Imagination & Dreamwork
13. Archetypes & Complexes
14. Parts Work: Subpersonalities & Psychodynamic Systems
15. Feminine Archetypes / Feminine Healing
16. Masculine Archetypes / Masculine Healing
17. Sexual Shadow: Trauma & Abuse
18. Sexual Shadow: Romantic Projection & Fantasy Fixation
19. Sexual Shadow: Conscious Relationship & Sexual Self Mastery
20. Transpersonal Psychology: Introduction & Overview
21. Humanistic Psychology: Self Actualisation & Higher Potential
22. Consciousness Studies: Integral Theory & Spiral Dynamics
23. Psychosynthesis & Higher Self Integration
24. Altered States & Visionary Work
25. Intuitive Development & Subtle Energies
26. Mysticism & Esotericism
27. The Collective Shadow: How To Confront Evil
28. Spiritual Shadow 1: Grandiosity & Spiritual Emergency
29. Spiritual Shadow 2: Authentic Spirituality & Soul Embodiment
30. Spiritual Shadow 3: Service & Purpose

P. S. Remember that each module includes a mixture of recorded lectures and guided exercises, as structured around the collected principles from three to five thematic reading suggestions.

It will take you about one month per module if you currently read two or three books per month, which is about the average rate I've seen from students involved with The Shadow Work Library (with the exception of one particularly motivated individual who read all thirty-six books in under six months).

Do you really expect people to be able to study this much?

Yes, I believe that people can do incredible things when they care about what they're doing, and I'm here to champion your capacity to nurture your true focus and true intelligence.

This school is designed towards depth, and I consider it insulting to pander towards our collective normalisation of apathy when you are within reach of far more refined states of consciousness. I've read many university-level teaching manuals and subject guides, and I loathe the idea of benchmarking my school curriculum at the lowest standards of engagement and performance for the sake of profitability and accessibility.

You can read for two hours per day if you stop using your phone so much.

Going slow can be fine, and there is certainly a time for slow reading and re-reading the best books, but this type of intentional study is a world of difference from the average-is-enough thinking which is encouraged in many traditional university settings.

My curriculum is demanding, and it's true that I expect great results from my students because I've witnessed dozens of rapid transformations with my private clients. I've helped many men and women build and maintain a book-per-week pace for four-months at a time when they uphold clear boundaries around substances and social media, which are two of the most obvious drains on inner work.

To speak personally about my convictions, I maintained a consistent five/six hour per day reading habit while building my coaching business and YouTube presence without sacrificing my health or personal relationships. I sleep nine hours per night, work thirty to forty hours per week on clients and content, and have still found the time to read about 700 psychology books over the last five years.

You can read a book per week if you make a two hour per day reading habit.

When you have a deep enough reason to care about yourself, you have a deep enough reason to focus on learning from intellectually nourishing books.

Why is the school admissions only?

I want to build real relationships with real people, and will only admit people who have a genuine compatibility with both myself and the other students.

This school is university-style, but I'm going to do my best to prevent this becoming a bloated institution, which means that I'm choosing to personally interview every student before they will be given a private link to pay their fees and enter into the community.

It's my hope that a fully personalised process will enhance the quality of group conversations, increase the depth of all student results and minimise preventable drop-outs. It will also prevent my worst nightmare of being trapped in a series of live calls with unmotivated individuals who don't care about reading the books or actively working on their issues.

When will the school be opened?

In late 2025 / early 2026. The exact date is to be confirmed, but I will start interviewing students for early-access admissions during the final stages of module filming in late 2025.

How much will the school cost?

Admission fees will start at £1750 if you're already inside The Shadow Work Library, and they will significantly and rapidly increase in 2026 and beyond.

This school is around 1/5th of the price of my private mentorships for the same length of time, and I'm excited to finally have an outlet for providing a high-quality learning experience in the middle ground between free and expensive.

Your initial fee will include lifetime access to the pre-recorded videos and your first four months of Sunday Seminars, which are 90-minute group coaching calls. This means that roughly your first sixteen live calls will be included in your payment, but further live calls will require a modest additional fee.

Time-limitations on group coaching calls are intentional, as I believe they will keep the price low for people who want to make massive progress within four months. There may be partial scholarship options in the future, although things are still very much a work in progress. I'm open to your ideas.

Can I work with you 1-1?

Yes, I offer private coaching to twenty people per year. Click here on Mentorship for an extensive services description and ideal client criteria.

It would be my pleasure to get connected.

My vision for Self Integration...

If you join me inside this school, you should expect to become:

1. Autodidactic & Autotherapeutic

While the school is not a substitute for formal therapy, your educational exposure to several dozen psychological traditions and therapeutic modalities will encourage you to become broadly competent in your ability to navigate the width and depth of human psychology on a truly full-spectrum basis.

This is a massive and comprehensive curriculum, and most students will make significant advances towards resolving the underlying issues beneath a broad range of symptomatic problems including anxiety, depression, addiction, dissociation, and relationship challenges, to name a few common themes.

2. Higher-Tier Consciousness

Through your sustained efforts in self-inquiry and critical engagement with recommended reading, you will significantly develop your cognitive and spiritual maturity to a noticeable degree during your time in the school.

Your results will likely be in correlation with your depth of engagement with your solo-studies and consistent participation in live group seminar sessions, where we will hold each-other accountable in a secure and private community.

3. Holistic & Authentic

You will enjoy a meaningful diminishment in self deception and a tangible increase in your physical, emotional, creative, and professional expression as a result of your multi-year transformative journey. Your little lies and unlived potential will be revealed with compassion and respect as part of my intentionally intense and time-saving approach to self integration.

My curriculum is psychologically demanding, but you will ultimately emerge feeling healthier, happier and more completely yourself.

4. Self Educational

The ideal student will feel inspired to move beyond content and community to create a self-structured learning arc which takes maximum advantage of at least several dozen transformative books from the one-hundred-and-four book golden curriculum.

This isn't a formal university with exams and assignments, which allows you the freedom to study for the sake of studying. I encouragement discernment about your study path, and the freedom to ignore modules which don't interest you.

During your time in the school, you should expect to develop lifelong learning habits including: critical research skills, long-term focus, and the very special ability know when to stop studying and do something useful for other people.

Community focused learning

This is the place for collective wisdom and group accountability.

Accelerated progress

I want you to stay ambitious, and push the limits of what you can change in one year.

330+ videos and lessons

You probably won't watch them all.

You don't need to wait...

My curriculum is ambitious, and I'm not yet finished with filming, but the foundational 30% is already packaged and ready for you to enjoy.

Join me inside The Shadow Work Library for a structured, nine module exploration of transformative psychology and full-spectrum shadow integration. You've seen me talking about my course before, and there's never been a better time to dive into your depths than now.

I built the library as the foundation for the school, which is why you'll receive a hefty reduction (£500) in your future admission fees if you purchase and participate in The Shadow Work Library today.

Click the button below to learn more about your next 6-9 months of weekly studies, and I promise to keep track of your details to gift you the £500 admission reduction if you apply to the school in late 2025.

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