Andrei Roșca

How to stop sabotaging yourself: hypnosis for emotional regulation and resilience under pressure

Dexi GoodScratch — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:30:20 +0000

A free masterclass on hypnosis. What it is, how it works at the level of brainwaves, what it can and cannot do, and every misconception worth clearing up.

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Controlling your emotions and your thoughts: the ability that makes the difference under pressure

Dexi GoodScratch — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:30:18 +0000

If I had to start life again I would trade every other skill for two. Why the confidence that you can regulate yourself is worth more than the technique.

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90% of performance comes from three or four things, not from thirty exhausting micro-optimisations

Dexi GoodScratch — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:30:16 +0000

The Coke Zero next to two Big Macs, and why stacking 0.1% optimisations is what keeps you from fixing the things that would actually change your results.

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Internal control, the only one you really have when circumstances get out of hand

Dexi GoodScratch — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:30:14 +0000

Three landing attempts into a storm over London, a stranger called Amina, and what is left when you genuinely control nothing outside yourself.

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What price are you willing to pay to be (more) free?

Dexi GoodScratch — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:30:12 +0000

The job I turned down at eighteen, why freedom means time, mental quiet and money in that order, and the two day rule I use to defend it.

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Feeling like you have plateaued? Stop the overthinking.

Dexi GoodScratch — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:30:11 +0000

Very capable people often plateau precisely because they are so good at thinking that they forget to live. What to do when your only tool is a hammer.

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When you are too tired to make decisions

Dexi GoodScratch — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:30:08 +0000

Seven out of ten clients who come to me are in some form of burnout. What that says about the people who are supposed to be doing best.

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Do you really need pressure in order to function?

Dexi GoodScratch — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:30:06 +0000

Some people feel pressure from too much work. You feel it when you stop. Why that happens, and the bias underneath it.

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We recognise each other: a story about perseverance, process and results

Dexi GoodScratch — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:30:04 +0000

A job interview I failed on purpose, a thank you that arrived fifteen years late, and why the process has to be enough on its own.

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When you can no longer manage the pain

Dexi GoodScratch — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:30:02 +0000

An acupuncturist asked me about a place in my mind I was certain did not exist. What happened next, and what it taught me about internalising control.

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