I have a slightly different view of education to a lot of parents and my children are exceptionally lucky to be in the private system and it is our choice. By doing this however they are getting the benefits of what this article highlights are children now need. They are indeed lucky but it is…

I have done my mindfulness practitioner course and I do practice it in my coaching but it is not a word I have ever used when working with people. Kindfulness is however a word I use all the time and I am very excited to see it raising its head more and more Mindfulness without…

We are a part of nature, the earth, the solar system, the universe. So it would be arrogant to think we aren’t affected by their energies, right? Well, astrology is really the study of those energies. The question isn’t whether or not to believe in astrology but whether you’ve found a pure, undistorted expression of…

Children are naturally creative. It’s one of the things that makes us human. The problem is we’ve been cultured out of our creativity as we’ve grown older. The problem is we have been educated. In order to reach the next stage of our evolution, the education system must undergo a revolution of its own  …

Not so long ago, if you had anxiety or depression, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) was the answer. It was everywhere. Now mindfulness is even more ubiquitous. And there is indeed much scientific evidence for its benefits in treating depression, anxiety and addiction. But, as Rachel Boyd of the mental health charity Mind points out, “It’s…

There is enormous stigma associated with the word “suicide”. But if we are afraid to talk about it, how on earth do we think we are going to prevent it? People often cringe when the word is even mentioned, or immediately change the subject. When someone is suicidal and expresses their tendency, a typical reaction…

A few years ago, a computer scientist and a neuroscientist at the University of Arizona enrolled 45 human-resource managers in a trial: One-third of them took eight weeks of mindfulness-based meditation training, one-third took eight weeks of body relaxation training and one-third had no training at all. All three groups were given “stressful multitasking” tests…

It appears connected to almost every known chronic disease—from heart disease to cancer, diabetes to obesity, autism to dementia, and even depression. Other inflammatory diseases such as allergies, asthma, arthritis, and autoimmune disease are increasing at dramatic rates. As physicians we are trained to shut off inflammation with aspirin, anti-inflammatory medication such as Advil or…

Just remember this: if you care too much – others will care too little… If you remain too available – others will always remain too busy for you. Without even being apologetic about it, people will always make you wait for them, making you feel as if your time is not nearly as valuable as…