Yesterday I did my first ever 24 hour fast. I’m not religious and I’m not a masochist, I did it just because I wanted to prove to myself that I could. Having read up a little bit about the many health benefits of intermittent fasting, I was surprised that many of my initial changes were not physical but in fact … Read More
Falling Off The Conveyor Belt
This week thousands of young people around the UK received their A level results and as usual the papers have been out in full patrol sharing stories about the A grade prodigies who will now go on to the worlds best universities, find their dream job and have the perfect life. On the other hand, there will also be thousands … Read More
Identifying And Repairing Your Internal Broken Windows
In 1982, Criminologist James Q. Wilson and George Kelling came up with the Broken Window Theory. The Broken Window Theory suggests that a broken window left unrepaired will make a building look uncared for or abandoned and so is likely to attract more vandals to break all the other windows and may even escalate into a more serious crime. If … Read More
Resigning in a Recession
This summer thousands of young graduates will be joining the millions of young unemployed in the UK competing for fewer and fewer jobs, so why on earth am I leaving my stable and rewarding career behind? Firstly, no I haven’t gone bat shit crazy and secondly, no I haven’t been offered a better job. The truth is – I’ve become … Read More
Stop Creating Insecurity Work
Humans have a great capacity for avoidance. Whether it’s signing up for the gym or finding the time to write that novel you’ve been thinking about for the past four years, whenever the possibility of failure is present so is our ability to create insecurity work. Insecurity work is the kind of stuff that feels productive but in fact has … Read More
From Read Only To Rewritable
For a long time scientists believed that human beings were at the mercy of their genetic make up and that the outcomes of a person’s life were enhanced or hindered through natural selection. Luckily, in the 21st century smarter scientists using more complex equipment are beginning to unlock the power of the mind and its plastic nature capable of self-inducing … Read More
Start Investing In Your Estate of Mind
Our minds are a fertile land waiting to be built upon, yet without the books and mortarboards the value of our lives can depreciate greatly and our capacity for growth and understanding can become extremely under utilised. Humans are composed of a series of “states of minds,” a cluster of neural firing patterns that create a persons behaviours, feelings and … Read More
The Curse Of Being Cushty
Most people go to work every day in denial. A recent survey revealed that 19% of employees said they were satisfied with their jobs, meaning a staggering 81% of people willingly accept a state of dissatisfaction. Last year, a friend of mine took the whole year off travelling after he was made redundant. He returned home with wide eyed optimism … Read More
Mother’s Day – A Chance to Realign Your Values.
When you’re driven by mad passion or just engulfed in your own day-to-day, it’s easy to forget the importance of those closest to you. It’s often the consistencies in life that we take for granted but the truth is, these are the people who behind the scenes are sustaining our energy and fueling us to move forward. This year let … Read More
Why you need to break life’s patterns
A paper published by Duke University researchers in 2006 found that more than 40% of the actions people performed each day weren’t actually decisions, but habits. When Simon & Gardfunkel uttered the lyrics, “My life is made of patterns that can scarcely be controlled,” they hit the nail on the head, but just how scarce is our control and shouldn’t … Read More