Share Waiting… For many of us, our inability to say no (to certain things), has been, is, and will be, the thing that stands between us and success. At least until we determine to choose, do and be different. More often than not, putting off pleasure ‘in the now’ is the difference between failure and [...]
Psychology
Share Pushing Buttons Well, it seems that Monday’s post pushed a few emotional buttons. Craig, the button pusher; I may just add that to my business card. So clearly, I’m not flying solo when it comes to the matter of irrational and destructive eating habits. Not only were there many interesting comments and responses to [...]
Share I don’t often write long posts these days (apparently they don’t ‘work’ in the blogosphere) but for some of you, taking five minutes out of your busy schedule to read the following might be very worthwhile… Food and You What kind of relationship do you have with food? Healthy? Unhealthy? On again, off again? [...]
Share “Wow, that’s a stressful situation.” Really? Then why isn’t everyone (in that situation) stressed? If being stressed was about the situation (as opposed to some kind of individual response to that situation) then everyone would experience the same emotional response at the same time. Clearly, they don’t. Situations don’t create stress, people do. “That [...]
Share The Education Myth Some people are educated. Some are smart. Some are both. Some educated people are idiots. Some uneducated people are genii. Some seemingly-uneducated people are actually highly-educated; just in a different way. Put the sophisticated city-dweller in a remote jungle and see who the intelligent one is; him or the ‘uneducated’ native. [...]
Share Student 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 [...]
Share A 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. [...]
Share The 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 [...]
Share Here 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 [...]
Share For 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 [...]
