Most people never ask the question.

Not because they lack the intelligence for it. But because life is busy, and the question is uncomfortable, and there is always something more pressing demanding attention.

Whose Life Are You Living? is for the moment when you decide to stop making it wait.

Written by nomadic writer and traveller Geoff Beattie, this book draws on over a decade of deliberate living — van life, backpacking, minimal possessions, and the slow accumulation of questions — to explore one of the most honest things a person can ask themselves: how much of my life is actually mine?

Moving through three parts — The Life You Inherited, The Story Running Beneath, and Seeing Clearly — the book examines the conditions that formed you before you had a say, the voice in your head that narrates everything, the illusion of choice, and what it means to live from a place of genuine awareness.

This is not theory. Every chapter closes with a Deep Dive into supporting ideas from thinkers like Jung, Krishnamurti, Marcus Aurelius, and modern psychology, an Awakening in Plain Sight observation to carry into your day, and a full set of journal prompts designed to be sat with — not answered quickly.

The book includes a full self-inquiry toolkit:

14-Day Guided Path
Observer Log (with worked example and monthly review template)
Values Clarification Exercise (grounded in ACT research)
Decision Filter
Further Reading and Resources

Grounded in psychological research — expressive writing, the Default Mode Network, decentering, values-based living — and written in plain, direct language that respects your intelligence without talking down to it.

222 pages. First Edition, 2026.

Available in:

Physical book £14.99
PDF instant download £9.99
Book and PDF package £19.99

Instant PDF download available immediately on your checkout page, physical book delivered free postage before mid June.

This is not a tree

Whose Life Are You Living? — First Edition: Book and Self-Inquiry Journal