Returning to Inner Authority

What if your anxiety isn’t something to fix, but something to listen to?
The Eleven New Commandments explores what begins to take shape when pain is no longer overridden and a more honest way of living can emerge.

“A must-read for anyone seeking a deeper connection with their inner wisdom.”
— Dr Kristin Neff, author of Self-Compassion

“Mícheál writes with deep compassion and clarity, offering a heartfelt invitation back to self-trust and inner goodness.”
— Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness

After reaching breaking point with burnout, depression and anxiety, Mícheál Ó Mathúna began listening to what his body and inner life were signalling. Drawing on lived experience, the book explores a subtle shift in how we listen, speak and make choices:

• Recognising patterns shaped by early experience
• Loosening people-pleasing and speaking with greater honesty
• Forming boundaries with confidence, without self-betrayal

Rooted in intimate storytelling, this book follows the gradual re-emergence of inner steadiness and discernment. It offers gentle, body-led practices for returning to what feels true.

Here You’ll Find:

Listening as an act of trust • Self-compassion beyond fixing • Choice rooted in inner clarity

This book invites you to listen within.

Mícheál Ó Mathúna is an Irish author and host of The Health Zone Podcast, where he has interviewed Dr Gabor Maté, Dr Peter Levine and more than fifty leading voices in psychology, spirituality and personal growth.