What Anxiety Tells Me
I’ve written previously about living with anxiety and depression, and writing about it has played a vital role in my healing and learning how best to live with these often crippling......
What Doesn’t Kill You…
It was Friedrich Nietzsche who famously said “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.” And he was right. Recent studies have found plenty of evidence to support the......
Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on Before Assisting Others….
Anyone who has flown in a plane will be familiar with the safety instructions to put your own oxygen mask on before helping others. It makes sense, we understand it......
Channelling My Inner Frida Kahlo
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. Frida Kahlo I am channeling my inner Frida Kahlo this......
When Things Don’t Go Your Way
I am a planner, a compulsive list writer, diary completer, and note taker. Always have been. Always will be. I have even written retrospective lists when I feel as if......
Connection Addiction
I have seen a whole lot of posts recently about how addicted we are to our smart phones and electronic devices, and I wrote about it here last year. Despite......
Meaning and Purpose
“Positive psychology is just not happyology, the pleasant life. We have repeatedly found that those who pursue all three lives, pleasure, engagement and meaning, have by far the most life......
Let’s Wash the Dishes!
I saw a post yesterday morning on Facebook by a business woman who said she hates doing dishes, and to avoid them, she buys her kids party paper plates and......
Authenticity
Authenticity is everything to me, it’s up there with freedom in terms of my must-haves in life. I wrote this post about freedom of expression and authenticity last year,......
Stop Procrastinating and Start Living!
Today’s post was written by a dear friend of mine; Michelle Bailey. When I say friend, we have never actually met face to face but we have been good friends......
