GO FOR IT!

In my years as a psychologist I have seen people run back to a position of pain, suffering and disappointment, just to appease their childhood beliefs. I have seen people sabotage their opportunities and sabotage their happiness just so they can be in synch with what...

MISTAKES ARE LEARNING TOOLS

We need to look mistakes and disappointing experiences as learning tools. Without the learning we pick up from our mistakes and disappointing experiences we’d not get very far in life. And so when things go wrong think, ‘This is a necessary and useful pit stop on my...

STAY STRONG

The other day at the gym a 70+ male friend of mine told me he sometimes didn’t feel like coming to the gym, but he was always glad he made the effort. “Yes,” I said to him, “Our quality of life depends on us continuing to do our gym workouts. We simply mustn’t stop.”...

STIMULATION OR STAGNATION

In my opinion there is only stimulation or stagnation, there is no in between. If you are not being stimulated by life you are stagnating and in a state of decay. You need to be continually testing yourself and struggling with challenges. Sometimes we look with envy...