Ways to Make the Most of This Festive Season
It's the festive season - Happy Christmas to everyone. We are in the biggest holiday season of the year (well, for those of us in countries that celebrate Christmas anyway). For many of us, this is also a time of reflection to see how our year has been, what we can do...
Embrace Your Sensitivity
Embrace your sensitivity is my message today. Throughout my entire life, I have been overly sensitive. It was not until my early adult life that I was self-aware enough to address it, and really not until the last decade that I have learned to actually embrace it...
7 Simple Ways to Practice Kindness
Be kind. I teach this simple message to my children when they are fighting, to my clients when they have jealousy or anger issues, to friends, colleagues, students and to myself, simply that – be kind. It’s so easy for us to get caught up in our own lives and the...
Stop Running Away from Your Problems
Stop running away. No, this is not what I say to our pet cockapoo Wilma when on walks, because she is wonderfully well behaved. I’m talking about people who run away from their problems or other aspects of life…. “Don’t run away from challenges, run over them.” - Joan...
Why and How to Be Authentic in Everyday Life
Be authentic. Be genuine. Initially seems simple, yet so many seem to struggle with being so. That’s what today’s blog entry is all about – learning how to be authentic. “Authenticity” is all about being real. Genuine, not an imitation. Have you found yourself truly...
How To Know That You Matter
You matter. I’m writing this inspired by a client of mine who believed she did not matter and it depressed her. One of my favourite films ever is due to have it’s annual outing on our TV screens as the festive season draws closer; It’s a wonderful life. Here is the...
Ways to Control and Alleviate Resentment and Anger
Resentment is something that gets us into so much trouble and for many, especially when it triggers anger, it seems uncontrollable. Many of us have experienced hard feelings toward others when we fall out with people in our lives. This could happen when someone you...
Distraction: 10 Ways to Reduce Problematic Distraction and be More Productive
Distraction is a major problem for many. “Distraction is a killer of dreams, visions and goals.” - Topsy Gift. As I write this, my phone is on silent, my email access is off, the other windows and possible sources of notifications are closed and my doors are shut....
Celebrating Everyday Life and Increasing Daily Happiness
Learning to celebrate every day life and develop happiness like it is a skill, that is what today’s blog entry is all about. “Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light.” - Yogi Bhajan. Have you ever heard someone say “children smile 400 times a day, but...
Embrace the Chaos: How to Embrace Chaos for a Happier Life
Embrace the chaos is the message today. “In life and the flurry of everyday activity, we expose ourselves to the possibility of developing a chaotic mindset with the net result of neurochemical and electromagnetic chaos in the brain……so we need to stop to reboot our...
