ShareStudent or Victim? As we’ve already discovered, in life, there are no failures until we say so. In fact, there are no universal failures at all – only individual responses to certain experiences, situations and events. One person’s failure will be another person’s lesson because we all get to choose what things mean for us [...]
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Psychology
ShareA Rude Awakening It’s the middle of the night and something has woken you out of a deep slumber. A noise of some kind. You’re a heavy sleeper, so it’s something of a surprise to find yourself wide awake at such an hour. For a moment, you lie motionless; your senses are in hyperdrive. Bang! [...]
ShareThe Obesity Delusion When will we stop bullshitting ourselves about fat? And how it ‘happens’. When will we stop making excuses for people who have eaten their way to obesity? And no, I’m not talking about people with specific medical issues here. I’m talking about people with ‘normal’ genetics (ones that don’t predispose them to obesity) [...]
ShareHere are some comments off the back of yesterday’s article: “I agree it is much easier to get the body into better shape than it is to get the mind into better shape and more importantly keep it there.” – Chebbieanne “Over recent months, my body has not been in any alignment with my mind.” [...]
ShareFor the grammar police and the musically ignorant, yes, I do realise that today’s title is a grammatical nightmare. I did it intenshunly. On porpoise. Sew their. Trim, Taut and… Miserable Have you noticed how many people are dissatisfied with their bodies? No matter how great they look? Or how well those bodies work? [...]
ShareWhere Do Beliefs Come From? Do you ever wonder if you’re wrong about certain things that you currently consider to be fact? Big things, perhaps? I do. Often. Do you ever think that maybe you’re wrong about that person? Or that situation? Or that habit? That tradition? That philosophy? That theology? Do you ever question [...]
ShareI know, I’m officially on a writing break but I accidentally wrote this last night after an interesting, if not, mind-bending conversation. The ’Future’ Myth “I used to get excited about the future but it never came.” I can never live in the future. Or the past. Neither can you. Of course, you and I can think [...]
ShareThe Rah-Rah Club I gotta be honest; I’m not a big fan of the rah-rah style of self-help. In fact, I don’t even like the term ‘self-help’ but it seems to be the broadly-used term for the process of improving one’s life or part thereof. It’s also the broadly used term for extracting money from [...]
ShareThe Pretender Put up your hand if you ever feel like a fraud. A fake? A phoney? A pretender? Me too. Even in the middle of some (relative) success, I have often felt not ‘something’ enough. Not smart enough. Qualified enough. Experienced enough. Lean enough. Young enough. Old enough. Funny enough. Academic enough. In short; [...]
ShareA Different Paradigm I’m always amused when someone assumes that everyone thinks like they do. For some reason, they expect other people to view the world (situation, relationship, challenge) through their eyes. Interestingly, in most instances, nothing could be further from the truth. Just in case you don’t know; nobody sees the world (exactly) like [...]
