Why You Need Routine In Your Life
This morning I was out running along the sea front at 6am, this is something I have begun doing again on Tuesday, Thursdays and Sundays as part of my ongoing fitness plan. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I lift weights. With both I follow a very specific training...
Legoland, Love and Evidence Based Lego Learnings
You’ll have to excuse the alliteration with today’s title, but the words of love, Lego, learning and Legoland are all totally appropriate and necessary in explaining what today’s blog entry is all about. I am going to delve into the evidence base and psychology of...
How To Have a More Fulfilling Existence
A fulfilling existence - what a huge topic to take on, and yes, we are going there today. One of the reasons that I tend to veer away from a lot of reality TV these days is because it promotes a lot of the same sentiments that used to be prominent in glossy magazines...
How To Have A Better Relationship with Yourself
A better relationship with yourself - something we all could do with, even if just occasionally.... “Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.” ‑ Sri Ravi Shankar. WHen looking to...
How To Overcome Cynicism and Why We’d Even Want To
Cynicism is my focus today. We all probably see a lot of cynicism around currently and I wanted to write about it and really just suggest that we examine how we think and how we believe on a daily basis to free ourselves from such cynicism. The Cambridge dictionary...
Charisma: 8 Ways to Become More Charismatic
Charisma: When I think about the people I admire in virtually every walk of life, they have charisma. Actors, sports stars, musicians, authors, therapists and even academics that I love seem to have charisma one way or another. Charisma is not just important when...
6 Ways to Overcome Self-doubt
Self-doubt cripples the careers and lives of so many people. My wife and I put together videos of our family life for each year since having children. We keep them all on discs and they are for our children to be able to see pictures and video clips of how their lives...
Using Self-Hypnosis To Truly Delve Into The Darkness, and Embrace It
Darkness. I’m going to recommend peering into and then fully embracing darkness today. “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” - Edgar Allan Poe This week, I was...
10 Reasons You Should Adopt Minimalist Living
Minimalist living is my theme today. “If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.” - Leon Kass Two things have happened in my life recently that have had a profound impact upon me. Firstly, my family and I spent two weeks...
How to Develop Your Psychological Flexibility and Why It’s So Important
Psychological flexibility is important to me, my clients and my students – or at least, I do my best to help them make it important to them. "Develop flexibility and you will be firm, cultivate yielding and you will be strong" – Liezi, The Book of Master Lie. A great...
