The I AM Project

Reclaiming Ancestral Wisdom for a Balanced Life

wellness Feb 14, 2025

In today’s fast-paced, tech-driven world, we are constantly bombarded with new solutions for health, happiness, and success. Yet, despite these advancements, many people feel more disconnected, exhausted, and unfulfilled than ever before. Could the answers we seek lie not in what’s new, but in what we have forgotten?

The Lost Art of Living in Alignment

Our ancestors lived in tune with the rhythms of nature, their bodies, and their communities. They didn’t separate mind from body, nor did they see themselves as isolated individuals. Instead, they lived by principles that modern science is only now beginning to validate.

🌿 Natural Cycles & Well-being – Research on circadian rhythms shows that exposure to natural light regulates sleep, metabolism, and mood. Ancient cultures followed the sun’s rhythms, rising with daylight and winding down as night fell.
🔥 The Power of Gathering – Studies reveal that loneliness is as harmful as smoking when it comes to l

Artificial Intelligence

wellness Jul 31, 2020

Okay, I am not talking about robots or flying cars or any futuristic type of machinery, but what I am talking about is the new world we live in. A while ago I wrote an article titled “Asleep at the Potters Wheel”, in an attempt to create an awareness of the new world we find ourselves in and how much more self-aware we must become to thrive and, yes, even survive. I think the meaning was hidden by my attempt in creative wordplay, so let me be a bit more direct.

For thousands of years, we have lived in an environment that required physical effort to get through the day, from walking everywhere as a necessary form of locomotion, to working with our hands to grow our food, build our shelters and just about everything in our day required our physical effort. This external stressor, we used to call living, helped shaped our body due to the efforts required to live day-to-day. We were physically stronger, our bones and muscles denser, organs functioned better, and many of the lifestyl

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The fear of failure

fear i am mental health mindfullness wellness Jul 16, 2019

It was so interesting this morning as I woke up in a panic, the worry about money, about success and failure raced through my mind. I tried to go back to sleep but my mind was too committed to this negative track.

Frustrated and feeling a bit anxious I got out of bed to make a coffee, brushed the cat aside and stormed around for a few moments. After sitting down and reading for 10 minutes, a chapter on goal setting and taking action, I got up and decided to get to work.

The fear of failure is a big one for me as I had struggled to make the break into a new financial arena with my business ventures but just could not seem to ever make the leap to the next level of business success.

But at the end of the day, I am so far ahead of where I was years ago, and I have lots of opportunities ahead of me, if I just stay focused on purposeful actions, and remember who I AM. I am the kid who got off the street, I am the kid who self-educated, I am the kid who has beautiful children, I am the

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David Gilks

Mindset Expert

David Gilks is a well-respected mindset coach, poet, successful entrepreneur, awarded competitive natural bodybuilder, chartered herbalist and MEDP (medical exercise program director). He holds advanced training in Neurolinguistics and is the founder of the I AM Project. For more than two decades, he has taught clients from numerous backgrounds all over the world how to gain true mastery in all aspects of their life.

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