An Ordinary Weirdo
For around a decade now I have been on a very very ordinary spiritual journey. When we speak of spirituality, we might imagine incense burning, chanting, communicating with deceased relatives or other worldly beings, casting aside all possessions and going on a quest to India. Well, while I have nothing against any of those things,…
Finding who we really are
Have you ever experienced the draining feeling that can accompany the effort involved in keeping up the appearance you are trying to present yourself to the world? Or working to meet what you perceive others expect of you? Trying to reach the goals that you think you ought to reach? Carrying around the baggage of…
What is confidence and do we actually need it?
Implicit through the life of the average Westernised person is the suggestion that confidence is an important part of achieving any kind of success or happiness. Confidence for taking exams, confidence in job interviews, sales pitches, while approaching a person you’d like to date, before attempting that snowboarding trick, and so on and so forth. …
How helpful is this understanding?
This understanding changes nothing, yet at the same time, it changes everything. In a recent conversation with someone close to me about this understanding, the other person stated that it didn’t really matter whether what I was saying was right or wrong, because it doesn’t change anything, we still have to live this life and…
Your wellbeing is always with you
Something that I have alluded to, or touched on briefly in many of my other blog posts is the notion that you are always okay. Or that your wellbeing is always with you, regardless of circumstances. I wanted to write another article to expand upon what is meant by this, as I have no doubt…
You don’t need self belief to be successful…
“The one thing that the most productive, consistent, resilient and loving humans do NOT possess, is an intense belief in themselves…” Garret Kramer Talking to a friend today, telling her the story of how I came to be presenting with a speaker as awesome as Garret Kramer, I realised that this story confirms what people…
Happiness
I write this post on “International Day of Happiness” with so much love bursting forth from my heart that I don’t know what to do with it. Until I get a better idea, I’m using it to fuel this article! What’s international day of happiness got to do with how I feel? Well, nothing. Do…
Where does stress really come from?
Let’s go on an adventure to understand what stress really is… Stress is a feeling. A feeling that comes from thought. That’s it. However…! It looks to us, as we go around living our human lives, working in our human jobs, trying to meet the requirements that we believe exist for us day to day……
How helpful is it to tell someone to take responsibility for their life?
“The most empowering thing that you can do is take responsibility for your own life” These are the words of someone that I recently stumbled across on Facebook. As a statement, this sounds quite positive and like it’s pointing in a good direction, right? Well I’m not so sure. In fact, slight alarm bells rang for…
What is self-doubt telling us?
Are those nagging, doubtful feelings telling you about your abilities, or something else? What creates self doubt? Let me start this by asking you a question… Why do people experienced self doubt? Is it because of: Their abilities and the circumstance in question? Their thoughts? Both? 95% of people who read this will answer “3.…