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Hold Your Nerve
Have you ever heard the phrase ‘this too shall pass’? We all have the tendency to think that when something is bad, it will never end. So it’s useful to think ‘this too shall pass’ because we know that in our previous experiences, the negative stuff always passes at...
read moreEntrepreneur: Crown
The Crown Chakra comes into play when we feel the urge to simplify an aspect of business that has become unsatisfying or unfulfilling, perhaps with too much focus on material gain. There may be a craving for a more spiritual lifestyle that is more in tune with the...
read moreEntrepreneur: Third Eye
Why do we need a Third Eye in business? Think of the times when you let go of a business idea and allowed yourself to consider a different tangent, an angle you had not anticipated, previously refrained from or simply refused to entertain! As a result, you find...
read moreEntrepreneur: Heart Chakra
How does one have a heart in business? How does one balance the ruthless pursuit of a dream whilst not walking on others in the process! We can’t be limitless in kindness, neither can we be so blinded by our vision that we forget fellow humanity. Now more than ever,...
read moreEntrepreneur: Sacral Chakra
Do you deserve to enjoy life? Because if you don’t believe this, your business won’t survive in a life that is not enjoyable. The Sacral chakra (second chakra) is not just concerned with sex and sexuality, but is about having a ‘sweet’ and 'pleasurable' life. If you...
read moreGCSE Parent Hacks
12 hacks to support your teen during GCSE’s: 1: Have a Visual Timetable on Display Get a week by week diary on the wall, mapping out every exam so that you can see all the revision gaps and help your teen feel in control. 2: No Commitments Don’t commit yourself to...
read moreEntrepreneur: Solar Plexus
This is the third most common Chakra to arise in Entrepreneur Alignment sessions - in terms of its related issues. The Solar Plexus is all about Personal Power: what you CAN ACHIEVE in your life and your business. An entrepreneur needs an active and balanced Solar...
read moreLeverage the New Moon
Every month there is a New Moon, nothing new - it happens every month, but I realised that some of you may not be leveraging these monthly opportunities, including the build-up to it and the day itself. I work around the moon cycles all the time in terms of business...
read moreEntrepreneur: Throat Chakra
Throat Chakra issues are the second most problematic for Entrepreneurs after the Root Chakra (previous blog). This Chakra is all about purification – getting yourself clear. I don’t usually mention the Elements and Planets associated with chakras but on this occasion,...
read moreEntrepreneur: Root Chakra
Do you have difficulty achieving goals? Perhaps you feel every disappointment is something out of your control that you cannot change? You may also find yourself feeling regularly ungrounded and unfocused. As a result, an entrepreneur can lack ‘roots’ or ‘supportive’...
read moreThe Tao of Squirrel: Business
Click image for Squirrel TV Don’t try to feed a squirrel when it is clinging to a tree trunk This is not the right kind of squirrel (customer). It has the wrong energy (trying to hold on); And it is the wrong time to try and give it your nuts (products) – it doesn’t...
read moreQuantum Consciousness
Ray Kurzweil is currently Director of Engineering at Google, so something futuristic is being developed! Pre-curser technologies for overcoming cognitive deficits (brain injury, phobias) are already in progress but what is the next step? Kurzweil is working towards...
read moreAI and Loneliness
Within the next 25 years Artificial Intelligence will revolutionise the entire human experience according to Peter Diamandis. In terms of mental health, common mental disorders (CMD’s) could well be ‘treated’ with the use of AI. This article proposes AI as a treatment...
read moreZombie Economy
Why are we so obsessed with zombies? - and vampires for that matter. The zombie genre economy is worth billions of dollars. Nir Eyal (Hooked) compared the rise of the zombie genre to technology's unstoppable progress, that the 'fearful malaise' is to do with 'the...
read moreBeyond Neuralink
As a Psychotherapist and Life Hacker I am interested in how Therapy and Mental Health will change. I put my reputation at risk in writing this, so write this for those like Elon Musk, who do not have restrictive thought processes. I ambitiously predicted that the...
read moreYour House is YOU (Part 2)
Recently, I had recurring dreams every night during one week. Each night I would dream I was in a house and when I went to my room I would not be able to get in! I had three or four dreams in a row where someone or something was going on in my room so I could not...
read moreYour House is YOU (Part 1)
When you dream about a house you are dreaming about yourself. The external aspects of the house correspond to the 'external you' and the internal aspects represent your internal world. Carl Jung talks about the lower levels of the house, the cellar or basement,...
read moreHaving an Existential Crisis?
Click on this guinea pig for a pleasant surprise! There are 100's of types of therapy but no cure for 'existence' - and no cure for the ailments of existence. If you find yourself thinking 'what is my life all about?' or 'life has no meaning' - feeling generally fed...
read moreAre You Mentally Healthy?
Every experienced therapist knows how to recognise when they are in a ‘good state’ of mental health, when they are not, and why. This is because they have a ‘highly developed’ sense of Self-Awareness, or Mindfulness. For me, I know I am in a good state when I am...
read moreThe Concept of Gratitude
I've noticed that highly successful people, business people and celebrities, are in a natural state of ‘Gratitude’. Just observe Roger Hamilton, Richard Branson, Ellen Degeneres and Oprah Winfrey for instance. This is interesting because 'Thanking' is a...
read moreHow Strong is Your Relationship?
I sometimes watch 'The Real Housewives' series and like to observe the couple’s relationships in these shows. You can predict the one's that aren't going to make it and the one's that will.Having a separate identity is essential to any relationship, but in...
read moreHack Your Intuition
Have you ever thought ‘I should have listened to myself’ or ‘I knew what I should have done but didn’t do it’? We aren’t used to listening to our intuition. The trouble is that intuition is often a fleeting thought or a very quiet voice within, easy to miss. Steven…
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