I've had too many discussions over the last two weeks with peoplel who think that they are suffering from stress. You might say to yourself "Well maybe they really are suffering from stress" - but that's my point, nobody suffers from stress - they just think that they do. Stress is created by your own over-active subconscious mind. Sure, the resulting symptoms can be as real as hell - and you'll find all sorts of pills to pop to deal with those symptoms. But none more...

If you're visiting my website for the first time... I'm sorry, I'm having a little rant this morning. I've just had an email from a long standing client who was bemoaning the fact that his self-destructive and useless thoughts are screaming at him from inside his own head. It's common enough. In fact, psychological research would contend that it's normal! We've all got voices in our heads, we all contend with self-doubt, worry, even fear, we all struggle despite our more...

For many, life is just an ongoing litany of routine and boredom. The statistics on the number of people who don't like Mondays says it all. Yet, here we are, the staart of another week, the weekend over and the coming weekend to look forward to - at least it makes the bit in between easier. But there's an awful lot of living to be done between now and Friday afternoon - and, for many, that living will indeed be awful! But that's only because they make it so more...

Could anyone foresee that the Tunisian president would be driven from office and that Hosni Mubarak would be teetering? Does anyone even realize that Jordan's King has sacked his cabinet in response to three week's of similar unrest. And does anyone wonder why the Irish are still prepared to go along with playing political musical chairs whilst the world is changing? more...