Last week I heard about a study that was done on driving behaviour. Basically they found that the way you drive influences the drivers around you. So if you’re courteous and considerate then other drivers will be too. If you’re full of rage and closing gaps so people can’t get in then that will be […]
Attitude of Gratitude
To be honest, I’ve had a few things happening recently that have driven me back to using all my positive psychology skills on myself. I’ve been practicing my mindfulness, using my 3:1 positive to negative thoughts, using self-compassion, doing things that make me feel connected to something greater than myself (nature, spiritual practices like yoga) […]
How to Overcome Overwhelm
Overwhelm! Yep – I know this one reeeeaaaal good. I seem to spend my life feeling overwhelmed and if I’m not I soon add more stuff – like adding in a relationship course, developing a Stop Procrastinating Course, studying nutrition and learning all about the psychology of weight loss, AND learning about the marketing to […]
Self-Esteem vs Self-Compassion
How many times have you said to yourself “I’d feel better/ have better relationships/ be thinner/ be happier/not be depressed/ have more friends if I didn’t have low self-esteem’. We make self-esteem responsible for a LOT of things. And in some ways it is. And in some ways it’s not. Bullies tend to score very […]
Depression: How to Beat the Blues
Let’s face it we all get down from time to time. And to be honest this is a normal and functional way to be. Sometimes life simply sucks. To expect to be deliriously happy at these times would be a little…..well…..weird. Sometimes though we stay down even when life gets better. Now I’m not a […]
How to be Happy by Changing Your Mind
So I’ve been reading this book “Top Brain. Bottom Brain” by Kosslyn & Miller. Yep- Science Geek strikes again. Disappointingly, they completely debunk the myth of right brain creative, left brain analytical, but that’s not what I want to tell you about today. One of the things they said that made me think, was how […]
My Life as a Lab Rat: Keep Pushing Buttons and Pressing Levers
I may have said this before but I’ve decided I never want to come back as a lab rat. Anyway, let me tell you about some ratty research and a concept called ‘Learned Helplessness’. Martin Seligman coined the term ‘Learned Helplessness’ a long time ago. He, however, was talking about people and not rattys. Scientists, […]
Anxiety: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
So…. I had someone ask me the other day “what is the most common thing you see in your practice?” And without even a moment’s hesitation, I replied “Anxiety”. You would be amazed at how many people are walking around with some form of anxiety. And most of them are worried that you will notice […]
The Joy of Doing Nothing
When did you last do … well … nothing? When did you last stare into space and contemplate … well … nothing. There are so many ways to do nothing. You can do nothing in nature. You can do nothing on the lounge (no TV or radio please). You can do nothing in the bath. […]
The Science of Success
We’ve learnt so much more about the workings of the human over the last 10 years but all it’s done to me is make me realize how messed up we really are. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss. I didn’t want to know that it’s my own mind sabotaging my success. I wanted to stay in […]
Calling in Your Soul Mate by Jasmin O’Hara, Astrologer & Counsellor
‘Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage’. – Lao Tzu The truth of this statement resonated with me recently. I like to think I am very independent, able to make my own way in the world. It’s not that I didn’t admit to needing love but more […]
Self-Sabotage Part I
Self-Sabotage: When Something Goes Wrong cos Something Went Right Does this sound like you? You’ve lost a couple of kilos so you eat a family block of chocolate and a mega-tub of ice-cream. You finally reach the income bracket you always dreamed about but you keep doing dumb things with your money so you’re in […]
How to Be Happy Course – simple strategies which make huge differences
All my life I have been the kind of person who has had a natural tendency to overthink, analyse, and feel deeply. While often this has seemed like a curse in that I have had some heartbreaking lows, I have come to learn that it can also be an incredible gift when directed in the […]
How to be Happy Course is one of the best things I’ve done
Just a short Thankyou to Michelle, for imparting all her valuable knowledge into our Happiness Group. It was a great six weeks, full of lots of laughs and learning and with a terrific bunch of people. All very caring, warm and understanding people. It was only an hour or so every week. But I always […]
How to Overcome Procrastination
Let me start by saying that if we were meant to be super-productive all the time, procrastination wouldn’t be so much fun. I don’t know about you but I’ve developed a whole range of entertaining and amusing things to do when I’m supposed to be doing something else. The something else that’s useful. The something […]
