I do a fair few radio interviews.  Last week, I fired off a couple of emails to talk show producers so that I could talk to listeners about getting more out of life even in these trying times.  One guy came back to me with the following response “come on, man, get real”. No, you get real!  There are too many people with an attitude that fans the flames of the fire of economic turmoil and individual self-destruction.  Herd-like minds got the world into the mess more...

I’ve read over the last couple of days some new research that indicates that “thinkers’ brains are different”.  The suggestion is that how you think depends on the development of certain areas of the brain – but it’s actually the other way around: the development of certain areas of your brain depends on how much you use them! Nobody is born a ‘thinker’ – just like nobody is born a London cabbie or taxi driver, yet a part of their brains is highly more...

I’ve recently had to pick up the pieces after a self-help “guru” advised one of my clients to ‘follow her heart’ in pursuing a man that she’d had an on-and-off relationship with for the last four years.  Her heart was telling her that he was what she wanted – even though there were four years of evidence that would suggest the exact opposite to an uninvolved observer.  But, she took this “guru’s” advice and through herself body and soul into making him love more...

Just get out of bed each morning, shave, wash, dress, eat... and don't bother getting your head in shape for the day ahead. The perfect recipe for being an idiot! How will you know if you're an idiot? Look at your life right now - are you happy with who you are, who you're with, what you're doing? If the answer to any of these questions is 'NO' - then you are indeed an idiot. Why? Because you choose your life, you choose your thoughts, you choose success, more...

Life is supposed to be great – you’re supposed to be happy and successful – you’re not meant to struggle and, certainly, worry, anxiety and stress should simply not be part of your daily experience at all.  Nor should you feel inadequate, you should never even consider the question of self esteem or self confidence – you should be simply engrossed in living life to the full. Does any of this sound familiar?  Probably not – because only an idiot would believe more...

I read from pre-launch publicity that Stephen Hawking, in his forthcoming book, will state that it wasn’t necessary for God to ‘light the blue touchpaper’ that set off the Big Bang or Creation.   Obviously, his publicists know how to spin that pre-launch publicity!   Apparently, he will state that our universe’s coming about was an inevitable consequence of physics.  I’ll hold fire on commenting on his latest book until I’ve read it – but I’m just wondering how this latest more...

As normal people, we’re all suffering from a grievous addiction – we’re addicted to what passes for the comfort of our ordinary everyday lives.  We’re not uncomfortable enough to do something about living the life that we could really live.  A couple of weeks ago I received a very abusive email from someone who told me that she didn’t need to ‘break out’ of her normal life – that she was quite happy ‘going to the shops, washing the car, doing the laundry and more...