We all have beliefs about just about everything and unfortunately many of them hold us back. Now I’m not talking about religious or moral beliefs necessarily I’m referring to our opinions that we believe define who we are. Many of these beliefs are the source of a lot of our emotional suffering and keep us stuck...
I’m using this week’s post as a bit of an opportunity to vent. It’s about something that I am struggling to get my head around. Everywhere I turn, there’s a new guru in the area of self-development. Now I am all for people putting themselves out there, offering their wisdom and / or experience to help people improve...
Fear, doubt and procrastination are all the leaders in dream stealing! What is it within us that causes us to become so much more attached to our fears and doubts, than our hopes and desires? We often find ourselves in a position where we start to commit to a goal and the minute we do, who pops up to visit us but...
I was listening to a Foundr podcast a while back and Nathan Chan was talking about becoming your own number one fan. This can be a challenging concept because people, generally speaking, are so damn self-critical. As an entrepreneur, or a professional working your way up the corporate ladder, it’s so important to have...
Oxygen is the most essential element to life – this we all know. All the functions of our body are regulated by oxygen. In fact 90% of our life energy depends upon it. It goes without saying that oxygen is essential in building and maintaining our bodies. According to Dr. David S. Dyer the author of Cellfood Vital...
It’s time to start practicing what I preach. For the most part I do follow my own advice but the one area where I often fall down is my meditation practice. I had a session with a Chinese Medicine Herbalist and acupuncturist last week. Francis from Balance Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine suggested that I had way too...
One of the most proactive actions we can take towards improving our emotional and general wellbeing is to learn how to become more forgiving. We’ve all suffered hurts and harboured resentments towards another at some time. The key point here is that if the hurt occurred at some time other than now and if we still...
The other morning I was getting dressed for work, with my phone in one hand texting a photographer about a client photo shoot planned for later in the day, coffee cup in the other, with my mind on everything other than what I was doing at that particular moment in time. Now tripping up the stairs and spilling my...
When we are charged with negative emotion and resist experiencing the emotion fully we are unable to process it and let it go. Any unprocessed emotion then becomes part of who we think we are and we identify with that emotion which then becomes part of the “all about me” story. If, however, we manage to remain mindful...
You have clearly identified your goals, specifically written them down, given them a soft deadline and you are following all the basic rules I have outlined in previous blogs – right? BUT without the MAIN ingredient, which so very many people neglect, you are still one step from greatness. That key ingredient is to...
