We make a story about everything we encounter. It’s how our brains work. It’s how we make sense of things. And it’s not always accurate. Our brains are really good at either filling in blanks (with little or no evidence to support our supplied missing pieces) or focusing on some aspects of what happened and […]
What Are You Willing to Give Up to Be Happy?
So often we try to ‘do’ things to make us happier. We do positive thinking exercises. We do gratitude diaries. We do meditation. What if we had to stop doing? What if there were things we were doing in our lives that were making us unhappy and all we had to do was make a […]
How to Get Off the Negative Wheel
Have you ever been stuck in a big negative loop? Where you feel bad about something and the more you think about it the more reasons you find to keep you feeling bad? If you have you’re not alone. But is it really necessary and can we do something to get us off that negative […]
Build Your Self-Esteem
Sometimes I think we have the world back-to-front. We don’t want to try things until we feel confident to do them. We don’t want to put ourselves out there until our self-esteem is up to handling it. For example, we don’t want to try dating in case we’re rejected. Or we don’t want to try […]
