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The Formula For Stress And Contentment

February 27, 2010

There is a formula that can reliably predict how stressed or content you will be.  Essentially it boils down to how insistent you are that the world lives up to your personal ideals and expectations. Almost all of us bemoan the circumstances of our lives.  We get frustrated that our loved ones do not live [...]

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Living And Coping With Regret

July 16, 2009

Part Two of my response to Brian’s question deals with the issue of living with regret. What has taken hold, is that I’ve become sure I will always be sad about losing the family we had and how it’s taken so much from kids. I can’t imagine in any new life, not feeling the weight [...]

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Personal Development vs Following Your Bliss

May 21, 2009

Let me come right out and say it.  Personal development is a flawed idea.  

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What Is Compassion?

May 8, 2009

I want to add a slight twist after the last couple of posts.  In the last post on compassion and depression, I gave my idea of a compassionate response to depression.  However as I have pondered on the subject I have begun to think that maybe I’ve been missing something.  And I think I might [...]

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Depression Is A Natural Response To The World

April 23, 2009

James and Joe were making a pilgramage to worship a small town on the other side of the mountain.  Joe was leaving three days before James.  They said their goodbyes and arranged to meet at the hotel they were staying in.  

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The Secret Behind Stress And Depression

April 13, 2009

People often get enamoured of techniques and secret formula’s to get what they want.  So you have all these diet books and relationship strategies and philosophies.  But the fact is there is one secret to getting what you want.  It is the universal secret to life.

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Follow Your Bliss

March 12, 2009

I’m supposed to be getting on with the 30 day challenge, but I have had three questions in the last few days, that are all screaming for the same answer so I had to write this post.   I’ll summarise the questions; How do you keep enthusiastic when the world grinds you down? I can [...]

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The Stress Reduction Challenge

March 11, 2009

Over the last couple of posts, I have talked about selling my time and knowledge.  Yet this post is going to delay that happening.  It might seem strange timing, but this is something I have wanted to do for some time and now seems to be the perfect time.  I will explain all now.

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Money And Stress: My Personal Conflict

March 6, 2009

Following on from the last post of why so much free stress information, I’m now going to detail the next stage of the story.

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The Power Of Human Rituals

February 25, 2009

I hate routine. I seriously hate routine.  My whole being screams at any inkling of restriction.  And being organised or routinely following rituals, by their nature, means excluding choices and options.  

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