Motivational Monsters®
Solving your problems, one monster at a time.
The Motivational Vampire
“I need to improve my life, but I’m gonna binge Twilight. Again.” We’ve all thought it. The Motivational Vampire meets us where we are, teaching critical thinking skills via hilarious deep dives into vampires.
Did you know everything you’ve heard about vampires came from government paperwork? Or that early science “verified” their existence? Both truths teach us about confirmation bias. Likewise, how the Great Vampire Epidemic humbled the Vatican and transformed the Holy Roman Empire is a masterclass in learning to identify an agenda.
Want to know how corpses became sex symbols? Why they hate garlic? Meet headless Asian vampires, or blood-sucking-toes vampires in Australia?
Find drama in how the first vampire novel was written by the world’s greatest lover in a year without a summer—then stolen by his doctor, then stolen by his publisher. And wisdom, when Bram Stoker escaped the sunk cost fallacy by ditching his entire plan for Dracula.
Find laughs in my offbeat travels through Transylvania. I wanted to meet a vampire. My guide told me, “Go where the people still believe.” I found out the hard way why she didn’t add, “Because they have reason to.” (And I ended up living in Transylvania for years, blocks from Dracula’s birthplace!)
Learn why the world is the way it is and how to overcome it—by learning about vampires.
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The Motivational Ghost
Think you know ghosts? Think again!
During the Vietnam War, a ghostly encounter in the jungle—funeral gongs, sobbing women, and begging cries—was actually the work of the U.S. Army.
Cellar beneath Dracula’s house? Disco ball? Check and check. Orbs? Oh my, yes. A deep dive into the phenomenon of floating orbs.
Guess which country has the most nasties, from a haunted kitschy plastic doll to phantom termites?
Marrying a banana ghost is rewarding, but the process isn’t easy. I learn this the hard way during a massage in China.
Meet five ghost hunting pioneers you’ve never heard of, including the math genius Eleanor Sidgwick and the phenom herself, Catherine Crowe.
An honest and raw look at the outrageous failures that have hampered my life—including literal sabotage and actual insanity—and the many ghosts. Without ghosts, I wouldn’t have found success. Just didn’t expect it to happen at a haunted mansion overlooking a seaside cliff in Malta. My story is unusual, deeply personal, but also hilarious. (In hindsight, anyway!)
Is a ghost a spirit, an energy, or a banana? Yes. Explaining ghosts means listening to a variety of perspectives. Not only does exploring ghosts teach us empathy, along the way we learn philosophical razors to cut through the confusion suffusing our lives.
Simplify your life and get past failure—by learning about ghosts.
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