“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the SHADOW of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires” OUR SHADOW ...
Repetition
Most of us by adulthood are not slow learners, we are just quick forgetters. REPETITION is how humans learn regardless of our age. Creating new skills requires revisiting the same emotional hom...
Friendship
As we mature we realise that it is less important to have lots of FRIENDS, and far more valuable to have a few, no bullshit, loyal, real FRIENDS. Problems in our FRIENDSHIPS are not stop signs;...
Compassion
COMPASSION brings us to a stop and in that moment our heart rises above our ego. If we deconstruct this sacred but too often misunderstood word COMPASSION we can check, then improve our own Emo...
Control
Whenever we feel out of CONTROL in our internal emotional world we often start to try to CONTROL others in our external physical world. Feeling emotionally overwhelmed and powerless indicates o...
Differences
To master the art of consistently appreciating and respecting our DIFFERENCES in taste, opinions, priorities, beliefs, culture, gender and humour is a lifetime challenge. The desire to make one...
Change
When people say to us in a disapproving tone… “You’ve CHANGED” … What they are really saying is that we have stopped living our life their way. And they are uncomfortable about it b...
Resolutions
Any time we face life challenges an opportunity for a New Day’s RESOLUTION presents itself. Some of us only ever take the time to consciously commit to making a RESOLUTION or an important promi...
Negative
“Those who consistently point out negativity, must first look at their own reflection.” It’s important we remember this Confucius wisdom so we don’t become NEGATIVE about NEGATIVE emotions, oth...
Appreciation
During a recent conversation with a highly intellectual client, he asked me whether I thought there was a difference between gratitude and APPRECIATION. In my view it is only a subtle differenc...