What’s Your New Year’s Resolution?

I’m a bit late in writing this, given that we are already 25 days into the New Year, but I believe considering the next step forward, is something that’s always relevant.  The New Year, marking the end of one period and the start of another just happens to be a particularly good time to reflect [...]

Thoughts On Happiness, Actions, Economics and Politics

For most of modern life, the success of a Country or Government has been measured in economic terms such as Gross Domestic Product. Recently there has been a big push by Psychologists and, interestingly, some Economists to include measurements of happiness and wellbeing. The term “Gross National Happiness” was first heard in 1972, when the [...]

Shame, Vulnerability, Rejection and Happiness

We all have different thresholds for what is acceptable in various social contexts. We might cry ourselves to sleep alone at night. Yet a few hours later, in the office we will present an image of someone who’s fully together and going places. We might loosen up with friends over a few beers or glasses [...]

How To Make Better Decisions And Heal Your Emotional Achilles Heel

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What’s missing in your life? Or perhaps the more accurate question for you might be… What area in life causes you the most suffering? photo credit: las – initially In everyone’s life, there’s some area that they just can’t seem to get working.  One person might have a great career, happy social life, but just can’t [...]

The Art Of Happiness

There is an art of Happiness. The artistry consists of turning interactions and situations, that in one person’s life would turn to stress and hassle, into a springboard for growth. The process through which this is achieved I call Sculpting.

What Is Happiness And How To Find It?

Over the last couple of years everyone and his wife seems to be writing about happiness. It seems to be the latest fad. As a result you tend to get lots of people writing about it without thinking it through. You get lots of upbeat articles that make it sound easy.

The Key To Making Lasting Inner Change

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I wrote this in response to a comment from Brian to the last post on living and coping with regret. However with going away on holiday, the kids being off school and already busy with extra work  I didn’t get the time to edit and post it.  So sorry for the delay in posting, but [...]

What Is The End Goal?

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It’s become apparent to me recently that our vocabulary is woefully inadequate.  Increasingly, I have found that essentially I am agreeing with someone, but we use words that are the polar opposite because what we mean by certain terms are very different.

True Happiness: The Formula Revealed

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True happiness seems so elusive doesn’t it. There always something that seems to be standing in the way of it.  This post is in response to a recent comment;

Time Heals: The Grieving Process

One of the most common phrases people say to others in some form of grief is, ‘time heals’ or ‘it takes time’. It usually does, but time is not the healer. There is a certain process that has to be gone through in order to move things from being painful to being accepted. And this [...]