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We Raised $120 For Haiti!

Thank you!
After my recent Help Haiti Blog Challenge, I am honoured to announce that we raised $120 for Partners In Health.
This was a project that could so easily have missed the transition from thought to action. But what we don’t do, doesn’t matter. And I’m so grateful that we did something.
So massive, unadulterated, chocolate-flavoured hugs [...]

A Random Guide To World Domination

‘Happiness is a journey, not a destination’.
The beginning of any year can be a turbulent but invigorating place.
It is the time when we pick over the year that was, piercing out the ruts and cracks that have tripped us up and held us back and tied us down; bad habits, unresourceful mindsets, unconciously poor attention [...]

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The Help Haiti Blog Challenge

I’m a great believer in not watching the news.
Especially since I became a parent. There is a British comedian called Al Murray (aka ‘The Pub Landlord‘) who observes that the minute you have children you suddenly find yourself more right wing. (In context this is really funny – sadly you won’t get the joke here.) [...]

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Learn To Love Dancing With The Bad Stuff

Have you ever stopped to notice how often you complain about something?
Think back over the past 24 hours and try to remember the conversations you had, not just with other people, but with yourself.
What did you spend your time focusing on? The good stuff? Or the stuff that really made you mad, annoyed, sick, upset, [...]

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Is It Really Worth The Sacrifice?

Compromises. You make them all the time – humble little decisions to acquiesce that keep the wheels of life oiled and generous.
You may make a simple compromise over where to go for a meal, or what kind of car you buy or who gets to do the dishes. You may argue a compromise with yourself, [...]

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7 Powerful Reasons To Change The Rules & Start Feeling Great

Have you ever thought about why it really bugs you when your partner leaves the lid off the toothpaste? Or why you are obsessed with being on time while your best friend thinks nothing of always turning up late?
Why does one person live perfectly at ease surrounded by piles of clutter while another would consider [...]

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Warning! These Words Could Magically Improve Your Week

If you read last week’s post about chickens, then you will know that the words we choose to describe ourselves can actually end up caging us in.
They are almost like spells. We can describe ourselves to everyone as “serious” and serious is how we behave. We can magically label ourselves as “broke” and funnily enough, [...]

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Wake Up! 7 Ways To Get Your Mind Off Autopilot

“People only see what they are prepared to see.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Have you ever starting off driving in one direction, only to suddenly notice you have taken a completely wrong turn purely out of habit? We can see where we are going, but we haven’t really been watching.
Whenever this happens we usually blame it on [...]

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How Are You Caging Yourself?

If you have an accent, I can tell where you’re from or where you’ve lived. If your speech is highly refined and your vocabulary complex, I can tell you’ve been buffed by your parents or your education to a gleaming shine. And probably you like to read quite a bit.
In the UK especially, the way [...]

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Why “Safe” Doesn’t Move People

Have you ever watched a politician make a speech that sounded like it should have moved you, but it just left you cold? Or a sports player who is technically brilliant but really doesn’t “do” it for you?
I see this all the time in opera – excellent singers who are great at hitting all the [...]

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Talent Vs Hard Work – Are They Both Overrated?

“What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.” ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton.
There is a general consensus that talent alone does not make you a success. You also need application and the right kind of hard work. You need the skills to analyse the results you get, and the perseverence to continue where others give [...]

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Why You Need To Start Getting It Wrong

A few years ago I tried to learn how to play golf.
I had a few lessons, did a round or two for a Welsh National Opera/Coutts charity day (with Rory Bremner and Bryn Terfel) and even bought myself a glove.
But the truth is, my golf really sucked.
I would hit the occasional awesome shot as a [...]

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How Well Do You REALLY Know Yourself?

Have you ever caught yourself thinking one thing but doing another? The kind of moment where the action you are taking at the time seems totally at odds with the thoughts inside your head?
It’s as if your body almost has a life of its own, and is steaming on, regardless of the little voice screaming [...]

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