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Bin lorries in disguise

Posted on 23rd January 2018 at 07:30

Having read the title, we know what you’re thinking – that we’re going to be talking about healthy eating, detoxing or something similar this week. After all, it is the start of the year, with many people still feeling the effects of overindulging over the festive period. Well, you’re on the completely wrong track!

Instead, we’re going to pass on a great story we’ve heard recently, albeit involving a rather unlikely topic. Road rage. And if that sounds like a rather unlikely topic, bear with us, it’ll all make sense in a minute.

An easier way to start the new year

Posted on 3rd January 2018 at 07:30

First things first. Happy New Year. We wish everyone a very happy – and healthy (!) – new year. May all your dreams – or at least some of them (!) – come true during 2018…

As it’s the first blog of this shiny new year, it must be time for our annual post about new year’s resolutions (!). This year we’re not going to focus on the traditional approach to this annual ritual – and, sadly, why it simply doesn’t work – but on a completely different one. It still has the aim of improving your life which, after all is what it’s all about, but in a way you’ve probably never thought of before.

A different perspective on this time of year

Posted on 20th December 2017 at 07:30

With the madness of the festive season reaching its peak, this year we thought we’d look at things from a slightly different perspective. And we do love giving people something to think about before we then skip merrily on our way(!).

So not the consumer fuelled frenzy that epitomises the modern approach. Enough said.

Nor the Victorian one seen on so many cards. The nativity scene. Or, perhaps, the snowy landscape, usually with a flock of sheep in the foreground. And not forgetting the perennial favourite, the festive robin.

The art of forgiveness

Posted on 6th December 2017 at 07:30

A couple of weeks ago we talked about the mysteries of time and sowed a radical little seed. Forgiveness. Having left it there to grow for a while, we’re now returning to talk about it a little more. Give a different perspective.

Before we go any further, we must also say that we’re not talking about forgiveness in the religious sense you were probably taught at school. The stories about forgiving your enemy. Turning the other cheek. Etc. Etc.

The mysteries of time

Posted on 22nd November 2017 at 07:30

One topic that fascinates us – and has the ability to completely shatter many of our illusions about this world of ours – is time.

How there is only now. This present moment. And the next. And next. Ad infinitum.

The past has gone. But, when we were there, it was just another now. Another moment in time. (For some reason we haven’t yet fathomed, many people find this a hard notion to get their heads around.)

The future has yet to come. And, yes, you’ve guessed it when you get there it’ll be another now.

Pay attention to what you're paying attention to

Posted on 25th October 2017 at 07:30

Listening to clients – as well as those we encounter in our day to day lives – it’s all too easy to fall into the “doom, gloom and despondency” trap. That the world is hard, negative and uncaring. Life is a constant struggle and the best we can hope for is to get by.

However, as we’ve said many times before, this isn’t what life is about at all. We live on a planet that’s amazing and beautiful. Life is here for us to enjoy and, dare we say it, be happy (!).

Practice till it doesn't feel like practice

Posted on 18th October 2017 at 07:30

As clients and regular readers of this blog will know by now we like to keep things simple.

That’s why we always focus on the small things you can do at home to help yourself. They’re all easy to do and quickly become part of your routine, so you don’t even have to think about them. Even better, they all have lots of other benefits as well, giving you more “bang for your buck.”

Despite this, all too often, we hear clients saying that they find even the smallest change difficult to do.

So why is this?

How to instantly make your life easier - or much harder (!)

Posted on 20th September 2017 at 07:30

Over the last couple of years we’ve put various words we all use on a daily basis under the spotlight. And shown that they don’t quite have the meaning – or effect – many people think they do. Want. Need. Hope.

Not forgetting those two seemingly innocuous little words, “I am (fill in the blank)”. And how what comes after them is so important, as it has the power to literally shape our own little world.

In a positive way: “I am happy.” “I am fortunate.”

Or, all too often, in a less helpful way: “I am fed up.” “I am so unlucky.”

Well, recently, we’ve come across another little word that can have equally disastrous – and unintended – effects. It’s only four letters long but has the power to transform whatever comes after it into an uphill battle.

What's the most important thing you should do every morning?

Posted on 23rd August 2017 at 07:30

We heard this question recently and, like the person posing it, expected an answer along the usual lines. Do a stretch or two. Have a shower. Don’t forget breakfast. Clean your teeth.

Instead, a completely unexpected one came back.

Be grateful – and happy – that you’re alive.

It’s such a simple answer – and so obvious – and yet when did we last do it? Wake up being truly grateful and happy that we’re alive.

Greeted the new day with a big smile.

Why do we yawn?

Posted on 16th August 2017 at 07:30

It’s been a while since we’ve tackled one of those questions without a simple answer that children love to ask. And, as it’s the summer holidays, there’s still time for plenty more! So we thought it was time for a little research on something we all do every day without ever thinking about.

The easy – and obvious – answer is that we yawn when we’re tired. Or bored. Or both.

The traditional explanation for yawning is that we breathe less deeply when we’re tired or bored. This means that the body takes in less oxygen, leading to an increase of carbon dioxide levels in the blood. Which, in turn, causes us to yawn and so breathe more deeply, taking in more oxygen and releasing more carbon dioxide. As a result we feel more alert. Less tired and bored.

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