It’s pretty common for people to treat a new year as a new start in their life. People in their millions vow to give up smoking, to lose weight, to find a new job etc. In the vast majority of cases these people give up after a few days and most of the remainder are [...]

It’s really hard to break free from being a victim. I encounter a good deal of people in my work, who are adept at being victims in life. Even when they realise they are being a victim, it can be tricky to move forward and take control.
The problem with being a victim is that you [...]

Much of the work I do centres around the difference between surviving and thriving. Our ability to thrive in spite of our circumstances is one of the keys to happiness. It’s difficult to say whether you have to be happy in order to thrive, or if we thrive first and then are happy. What I [...]

I’m a member of an online coaches discussion forum and there was a really interesting discussion about plagiarism. It reminded me of a thought I’d had several years ago about what kind of world we choose to live in.
For the most part, people tend to live in a world filled with fear and bad things [...]

This is my first post in a while and I wish it was all to do with the arrival of my son last month (we have a daughter also). I’ve certainly enjoyed the ability to have a little slow down in work to appreciate him when he is so small! One of the motivating factors [...]