My frameworks draw on peer-reviewed research in cognitive behavioural psychology, neuroscience-validated mindfulness (including Goleman and Davidson’s validated research on meditation outcomes), Jungian and developmental psychology, and ontological coaching — itself grounded in linguistic philosophy and phenomenology. My MPhil research adds academic rigour to my applied practice. My “Self-Help for Skeptics” framing is a method, not just a brand: everything I teach has been subjected to the same scrutiny I applied in my previous career as an investigative journalist, well before it reaches an audience.