Have you ever been accused of being a control freak? Maybe you pride yourself on your meticulous attention to detail and methodical approach to tasks. It’s a term we use to describe people who like things done a certain way,…
Meditation has long since dropped its reputation as a weird hippy past-time and firmly established its place in the mainstream as a foundation for optimal physical and mental health. There is research demonstrating that the benefits of mindfulness meditation include,…
I'm in the business of helping people to be happier and for all the theories and strategies I've learned to help people do that, often it's the simple things that can make the biggest difference. For example, the Serenity Prayer suggests that we…
Stress! We’ve all experienced it, sometimes as a short, sharp burst like when you’re rushing to meet a deadline; and sometimes for a longer period, like when your workplace is perpetually understaffed or you’re supporting a sick relative. Stress is…
Let’s talk for a minute about values. You might have heard the term bandied around by coaches, in self-help books, or even at work. But still a lot of people either aren’t fully clear on what ‘values’ really are, or…
Life’s a journey, and you’re travelling by bus (it's a tired cliché but stay with me on this). You get to steer the bus wherever you want to go. Sometimes you take the direct route, sometimes you prefer the scenic route.…
Despite my best efforts to keep things clean and tidy around here, I'm afraid my house in the past few months has become one massive, disorganised mess. Papers and books cover random surfaces, my clothes don't fit in their drawers…
For more than a decade, every time I asked my husband about his workday, his response has been “We are SO busy!” To his credit, when I pointed out that his busyness made for BORING conversation, he at least tried to…
In just over a week I’ve had 400 people sign up to my Crappy to Happy 7-day email course. It seems there are plenty of people who are keen to get the low down on how to be happier! (update: now almost…
I’ve been reading a book called “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” by Greg McKeown. I ordered it on the recommendation of a friend without even bothering to read the blurb and assumed it was going to be about my wardrobe. (In…