Find Better Happiness

As we know, happiness isn’t material. It doesn’t come from goods. You’ll have heard in recent years the cliches of ‘creating memories’ and spending money on experiences as opposed to things. None of this is wrong, but I think there is a deeper level to all this in the day to day of how we

2 ways that will help you let go

This might be one of the most important and powerful lessons in life; letting go. We have one of the harshest psychological set ups of constantly self sabotaging ourselves. It’s practically involuntary. And this, without realising, can provide us with most of our daily suffering. That suffering of “I’m not good enough” voice going round

What’s wrong with just existing?

A lot of our demons come from a desire to keep up and fit in. ‘We’re not where we should be at this stage of life’ ‘I wish I was more popular’ And these fallacies are ultimately our downfall in order to live a fulfilling and gratifying existence. To live a good and meaningful life,

Self awareness for working adults – is this it?

I’ve got it! All this nonsense I spit every day is mostly applicable for… working adults. Why? Because we aren’t taught how to live as a working adult in any formal education setting. We let our emotions override us. Let the systems decide how we should be. And most importantly, become prisoners to our own

Who Do You Really Want To Be?

I’ve realised I don’t use this platform to tell you what to do, I use it to help you think more clearly. So today, we’re going to look at a few questions that will help us get there a bit quicker. I’ve done podcast episodes before about what you really want but this is all

An Identity Prison

Here’s one to whet your appetite before tomorrows workshop. More likely than not, you are imprisoned. Imprisoned by society. Imprisoned by the Joneses. And imprisoned by yourself. But from the outside it doesn’t look that way. You have a nice job. You have friends and an active social life. You have everything together and it’s

Becoming a Good Friend to Yourself

We can torture ourselves with the following: Self doubt Imposter syndrome Self criticism And this cycle is continuous if we don’t step in and stop it. There will be the usual highs and lows in life, these will never not exist. However, those 3 things I just referred to should be a rarity, not a

Be the uplifter

Most of the online advice gurus say we have to be the best. Thee person to know and go to. And this has not sat well with me for a while. Number one from a values point of view; Success is subjective to many people. Unhealthy and uncontrollable (if not manipulative) pressure to become some

Be More Thankful

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” – Unknown Timing is obviously always important as well as overuse, but gratitude can be one of the closest things humans have to a superpower. 21st century living conditions on average across the globe are the highest they have ever been. Which gives us more reason to use

The simple life

How many of you feel obliged to keep up with social expectations as opposed to simplifying your life? Keeping up and displaying social norms is a part of every day life. Behave a certain way. Have similar goals and desires. Be loud and busy socially. And if not adhered to, we have the risk of