Stress isn’t always a bad thing.  You’re probably aware of the tense rising exciting stress you feel when you’ve been given a challenge that’s just out of your reach, but which you’re sure you can do.  This positive stress, called eustress, is what every honed athlete feels just before their “big race”.  Our bodies are [...]

Stress is everywhere these days.  It can be all-consuming and it takes a pretty big arsenal of stress relief tools to combat it effectively enough to survive and thrive the way you want to.  One excellent way of doing this is by following Tai Chi. Tai Chi is based on an ancient martial arts form [...]

You go to the doctor and he or she can tell you what your cholesterol is, how your blood pressure reads and what you need to do to keep your body in tip top shape.  But there’s no doctor most people visit on a regular basis to examine your overall stress health and recommend a [...]

Self sabotage is one of the main reasons people do not succeed in their life goals.  Do you want to make money online?  Lose weight?  Learn Spanish?  Quit smoking?  Grow roses?  Or something else?  And are you on your way to success?  If not, consider whether you are a self-saboteur.  Self sabotage affects pretty much [...]

One of my favourite comedians is the Peter Kay.  He’s from Bolton, near my neck of the woods, in the North West of England.  For those who don’t know who he is, here’s a clip. Now I know humour doesn’t always translate so apologies to anyone who struggled with the accent and colloquiums, but the [...]

But if you are not happy, the harsh truth is that you need to do something. I’ll say that again. If you want to live the life you dream of, rather than the life that is dealt to you, you have to do something about it.

People usually think of people making fools of themselves by stage hypnosis when the topic of hypnosis comes up.  This is unfortunate because it scares people and makes them unreceptive to the real therapeutic uses of hypnosis. Hypnotherapy can be used in many different ways and is especially useful in the area of ”self improvement.”  For example, it can [...]

Your inner voice is listened to by your powerful subconscious mind. That means that whatever your inner chat is, becomes self-fulfilling. Negative self talk heaps stress upon you. And the wrong sort of stress is very unhealthy.

Instead of using my time productively, I’ve cast around and done more research and found some fabulous websites out there covering far more than I could ever hope to cover and by people professionally trained who’ve been doing this sort of thing for years. I’m now wondering what on earth I can bring to the party!

What experiences are you shutting out because you “know” you won’t like them? Food you don’t try, people you don’t get to know, places you never visit. Keeping an open mind is much harder than we think

Stress is fast becoming the biggest health problem in modern societies. Financial pressures, work pressures, family pressures – so much to do so little time to do it all! Here’s five quick ways to ease the pressure and relieve stress:

Procrastination will simultaneously stop you from achieving your dreams and prevent you from even being exposed to opportunities. Of all of the negative aspects of procrastination, this last point, the failure to spot and act on an opportunity is probably the saddest.