Question: If you don't have hope, does that mean there is less hope, no hope, or things are just hopeless? When I look back over the past 12 months it has been quite a year. I cannot believe the time has flown by so quickly, but the rocky road I have travelled has been completely [...]
Every single one of my private clients always starts off in our first few sessions saying that their life is a seemingly constant bombardment of pressure and stress, with no real purpose or direction. It would appear there has never been a more complex time where we find our lives so intertwined that it is [...]
Without wishing to brag, I used to be rather fit (physically fit, not the other one). From my time at primary school all the way up to college, I kept myself fit simply by walking. I would walk to primary school, which was a good 10-15 minute trip, and even though I used to get [...]
A sudden sense of awkwardness, sweaty palms, a rush of heat to your cheeks and before you know it your redder than a beetroot and there’s nothing you can do about it. Should you sense this embarrassment (God forbid you do) then it’s just a downward spiral from there on, think you can’t get any [...]
The following article can be written in two ways, one is a scientific approach based on studies and the science about why sleep paralysis happens, or the other is about what the recipient of this strange sleeping disorder goes through on one of those nights; I think I will focus more on the second way... [...]
Last year The Guardian published an interesting article about the “Death of Conversation”. It outlines the stance that humans now use headphones as avoidance techniques to escape conversation, and how many of us are now learning to make eye contact and text at the same time. The article also implies the dangers of how social [...]
If asked to reflect upon our now sepia-toned childhood I’m sure many of us would be able to recall the various ways our parents would woo us into eating healthily. Perhaps the seductive promise that eating carrots would provide remarkable night vision, chomping down spinach would result in Popeye’s super heroic strength, or quite simply, [...]
With the freedom of being able to choose the subject upon which I write each week, I am invariably able to cover subjects that I feel passionate about. The virtual document you see before your very eyes is certainly no exception. Indeed, you may have guessed by the title that, like millions of others in [...]
Through social conditioning and acceptance there has never been a time where the differences between"need" and "want" have been more confused and blurred. Society and the marketing messages we receive on a daily basis have attempted to convince us we need more than we really do...... The right car, the right house, the right holiday [...]
We have all had the experience after a lovely meal, sitting around the dinner table with friends, when a healthy debate ensues where opinions, theories and ideas are tossed around. The topics can be wide ranging, and the atmosphere can become heated depending on peoples' passions. In my humble opinion, one of the most treasured [...]
