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 [...]

Before I begin, I’d like to clear up the meaning of the word love in this post. I’m not talking about romantic love (i.e. between two consenting adults/people), I’m referring to the feeling that is present in us all when all negative emotions (e.g. fear, guilt) are removed.
I’ve always noticed that there are many times [...]

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 [...]

We tend to spend the first part of a New Year considering aspects of our lives that we don’t usually think about, often analysing our relationships, careers, hobbies or where we live. Some people make resolutions or set goals they wish to achieve in the year ahead and if they create a plan and stick [...]

I was waiting in the doctor’s surgery a few days ago (for my wife’s anti-natal appointment with the midwife) and I randomly picked up a magazine. On closer inspection this turned out to be Hello magazine which I’m sure most people will have heard of (myself included). I have no interest in this kind of [...]