What makes life meaningful and worthwhile is not about what we have. It is about what we do and how we do it. Here are four things I think contribute to a good life...
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Many a good resolution falters because we forget to prepare ourselves. Crops don’t flourish in unprepared soil.
Take me this morning as an example...
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Most of us are aware that a positive attitude improves health and speeds recovery from illness. But what about the other way around? Embodied Cognition is a term describing how the way we move affects the way we think and feel.
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If you’re like me, when you feel low you will...
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Finding a good therapist can feel like a daunting task, there are thousands out there all with different approaches and theories about your emotional life. But, find the right one for you and it can be an enlightening experience. Start by narrowing the search to location. Here are my tips of how to proceed from there.
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Because we have one brain, located in one body we are prone to believe we have one ‘real’ self. But this is problematic because we don’t tend to feel and act in a singular way. I think it’s more helpful to think in terms of fluid, flexible and interconnected selves. Here’s why...
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‘Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others’
Cicero
When you’re feeling stressed, frustrated, dissatisfied ask yourself this. Am I thinking about what’s wrong? Or what’s right? The answer to this question is tremendously important. And your happiness depends on it.
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Loneliness is a central and inevitable fact of being alive. While common to all of us, it comes in many guises. At times quiet, at others deafening. At times cutting to the very core of our being, at others the simple longing to be in the presence of another.
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The truth is that most of us carry around a harsh inner critic who undermines us and taunts us. Much of the time it’s a subtle commentary. Sometimes it can get abusive.
Some of you will recognise this voice immediately. Some of you may barely even notice how it eats away at your confidence. Some of you will argue that it’s justified. That it’s a good motivator. That it helps keep you in check.
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Last year Clinical psychologist Dr Ramani Durvasula conducted a survey 1000 coffee drinkers. Participants were given different scenarios and asked to choose from a series of approaches to the scenarios. Their responses were studied according to different personality types. Their coffee order was then noted.
Here’s what she revealed:
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