Matthew Zoltan https://mattzoltan.com Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:07:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://mattzoltan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-matthew-zoltan-favicon-32x32.png Matthew Zoltan https://mattzoltan.com 32 32 The Body Is the Healer. https://mattzoltan.com/the-body-is-the-healer/ https://mattzoltan.com/the-body-is-the-healer/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:02:49 +0000 https://mattzoltan.com/?p=1678 There is a specific confusion that sits underneath almost every approach to health, physical or psychological, and it runs something like this: that something has gone wrong, that you are the one who needs to fix it, and that the right method or the right practitioner will tell you how. I want to address that directly, because it is the first thing that needs to go before any real resolution…

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]]> https://mattzoltan.com/the-body-is-the-healer/feed/ 0 How To Understand Yourself Better (And Why Insight Has a Ceiling) https://mattzoltan.com/how-to-understand-yourself-better/ https://mattzoltan.com/how-to-understand-yourself-better/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:55:18 +0000 https://mattzoltan.com/?p=1638 If you’ve searched for how to understand yourself better, you’ve probably already met the standard answers, and several of them are worth keeping. Pay attention to your reactions instead of explaining them away. Notice what you do under pressure. Write things down, because a pattern is easier to see on a page than in your head. Talk to someone skilled enough to reflect you back to yourself.

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]]> https://mattzoltan.com/how-to-understand-yourself-better/feed/ 0 What Is Self-Understanding? https://mattzoltan.com/what-is-self-understanding/ https://mattzoltan.com/what-is-self-understanding/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:22:39 +0000 https://mattzoltan.com/?p=1634 Self-understanding is the ability to look at your own behaviour and see it accurately. To notice that you withdraw when you feel exposed, that you over-prepare when you feel judged, that a particular tone of voice puts you on guard before you’ve decided anything. It includes knowing why: being able to follow a reaction back to where it formed and recognise the conditions that built it.

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]]> https://mattzoltan.com/what-is-self-understanding/feed/ 0 Why Your Body Heals Better When You Stop Trying to Help It https://mattzoltan.com/body-heals-better-when-you-stop-trying/ https://mattzoltan.com/body-heals-better-when-you-stop-trying/#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 08:23:04 +0000 https://mattzoltan.com/?p=1349 Most approaches to health and recovery share the same assumption: that you need to do something. Breathe a specific way. Follow a protocol. Direct attention deliberately toward the problem. What 39 years of working directly with the body has shown me is that this assumption is wrong, and that the compulsion to do something is often precisely what prevents resolution.

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]]> https://mattzoltan.com/body-heals-better-when-you-stop-trying/feed/ 0 Why Understanding Your Problems Doesn’t Resolve Them https://mattzoltan.com/understanding-your-problems-doesnt-resolve-them/ https://mattzoltan.com/understanding-your-problems-doesnt-resolve-them/#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 05:43:19 +0000 https://mattzoltan.com/?p=1289 There is a specific confusion that sits underneath almost every approach to health, physical or psychological, and it runs something like this: that something has gone wrong, that you are the one who needs to fix it, and that the right method or the right practitioner will tell you how. I want to address that directly, because it is the first thing that needs to go before any real resolution…

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