It’s been a testing few years, and that’s putting it lightly. Amongst the many lockdowns, the economic turbulence, and a cavalcade of political strife, the 2020s haven’t exactly got off to a flying start. During times of great hardship, it’s common to overextend one’s mental health budget. Learning to successfully regulate this budget can not only strengthen your resolve in time, but it’s essential to lead a happy and healthy day-to-day life. Mental wealth is…

FFS! Will somebody please just give me the answer to the question I still haven’t asked because I don’t actually know what it is and can’t articulate it in a way that anybody else might understand? Telepathy is still, to my knowledge, not available to normal human beings. However,  we want others to read our minds and provide the solutions to all our problems, plus the winning lottery numbers?. Or is that just me? One…

It’s good to win! What does the word competition mean to you? The word can be seen both positively and negatively – winning usually comes at a cost to the person who doesn’t, but not always! In order to move forward, progress and be successful, we need to win, we need to step up, which means we need to compete. What is the definition of winning? To win – you defeat those people you are…

What does self-sabotage mean to you? For most people, our behaviour or thought processes hold us back and prevent us from doing what we want to do. We often know we are doing it, yet continue anyway, and sabotage our performance at work and home life, in our relationships, our sporting progress, or historically in our schoolwork. We need to understand which self-sabotage habits and tactics are natural for us. Self-sabotage has many different angles…

Volunteer, philanthropic or unpaid board positions – they are good to do when you have the time, incliniation or desire and when we take on these roles, they have to work both ways. If there is any risk of you begrudging the hours you have to donate, then either the time isn’t right for you now, or the role doesn’t fit; if this is the case, walk away. There are so many situations where you…

There are times when we need to reflect on everything we have around us and assess whether or not it’s still working, old or new, broken, no longer fit for purpose, or out of date and unskilled. Is it doing what it’s meant to do? Is it taking too long? Think of your mobile phone and how long you have owned it? The older it gets, the more outdated it becomes, and the older software…

So many of the situations we get ourselves into, positive and negative, are direct and indirect results of an action or a lack of action. In other words, our choices! Some would say that it’s down to wisdom, maturity and experience, but is it? How often do you ask the right question, listen without prejudging and trust your gut feel when it comes to supporting others and looking after yourself? The subject of mental health,…

Sitting on the kitchen floor with 10 labrador puppies climbing all over you, they’re not doing anything for you intentionally, just playing and being very cute and cuddly. For you, it is heartwarming, energising and can even be medicinal, as they take you back to a place of total innocence and pure joy. Personally, I get all of this as a result of giving a small amount of my time. How much time do you…

There are signs everywhere – on the roads, in your house, your body and of course, in your horoscope. No matter where you look, there are signs. How you filter them is the question. What do you read? What are the signs that you pay attention to? And why do they stand out in comparison to all the others? Not being a Neuroscientist, I wouldn’t want to start quoting incorrectly as to what the reticular…

Mindfulness and meditation normally involve a belief that we have to sit still, , turn off our mind so it can become completely blank and just exist in an alternative state resembling some sort of zen space. The reality is very different. I’ve never been particularly good at the art of mindfulness and meditation and to me they mean pretty much the same thing – Mindfulness is the awareness of “some-thing,” while meditation is the…