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How Digital Addiction Is Ruining Our Health and a 12-Step Plan to Take Back Control

smartphone addiction

Many of us have developed a smartphone addiction, and it isn’t necessarily our fault. The epitome of a ‘first world problem’ perhaps, but a serious one all the same. Technology is pervasive in that it has infiltrated every aspect of our lives, becoming a technological umbilical cord, an essential link between us and the digital…Read More

2 Simple Hacks to Solve Inbox Stress & Email Anxiety

email-anxiety

Who would have thought that email anxiety would become a real problem in the digital age. Well it has, and the majority of us are suffering in one way or another. A few years ago I wrote a post about mindful email practice. And it’s no surprise that since writing that post – way back…Read More

The Benefits of Adult Coloring: 10 Reasons to Color Yourself to Calm

coloring-for-adults

Without thinking twice, I picked up a crayon and began to color in with my daughter. It was only after a couple of minutes that I sort of came to and realised that “this is actually really therapeutic”. On the face of it, sitting there coloring in the hippos, crocodiles, sky and grass would seem…Read More

On Giving

the gift that keeps on giving

This morning, over breakfast, I spotted The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran, on my bookshelf. It is not unusual for me to grab this book at random and read a page or two. It’s that kind of book, one you can dip in and out of for a glass of inspiration. At random the book opened at…Read More

40 Life Lessons I’ve Learned on My Winding Road, So Far…

life lessons

This ‘life lessons’ post actually came about courtesy of a friend. He said: “There’s a ton of these kind of posts online, so why don’t you do one”? So, it isn’t the most original concept, but no doubt there’s something in here that will inspire someone, somewhere. I wanted to make it 40 lessons learned because…Read More

Mindfulness for Entrepreneurs: 10 Top Tips for Survival & Success

mindfulness for entrepreneurs

From Google to Goldman Sachs, the business world has embraced mindfulness in a big way. And it’s no surprise. Top executives know that a decrease in stress over today’s worries, and a decrease in anxiety over tomorrow’s potential woes, paves the way for mental clarity, creative thinking, higher-level awareness for better decision making, restful sleep…Read More

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course Review

mbsr-course-thumb

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR as it is commonly known, is a type of mindfulness training that has far-reaching benefits on mind and body. MBSR is beneficial to anyone who wants to learn how to better cope with a fast-paced, stressful, unforgiving world. Through the objective watching of emotions, it helps us make better judgements…Read More

Why Learning to Cope with Stress Is a Bad Idea

how to cope with stress

How stressed out are you? Do you tell people when you feel like stress is wearing you down? Or does that feel like an admittance of failure? No one wants to admit they can’t cope, so instead we are being taught to cope rather than have to complain or make a change. It’s like we’ve…Read More

How the Flu Dealt Me a Huge Dose of Gratitude

health is your wealth

“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.” – Mahatma Gandhi There is no truer saying. And at no time is this more poignant that when you’re sick. Just recently I came down with the flu.  Not a cold, or man flu; real influenza. I experienced this 15 or…Read More

Spirituality – What Does it Really Mean?

definition of spirituality

Spirituality isn’t an easy thing to define, primarily because it is an inner personal pathway that most of us would describe differently, albeit with some common factors, I’m sure. When independent of a religious group, spirituality is perceived as somewhat ambiguous. It is a common thing to hear someone say, “I’m not religious, but consider…Read More

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