No matter how long we live there will always be something new to be seen, heard or experienced. Each and every day comes with promise and opportunity. There are so many things that we have never thought or felt...so much left unexplored. The problem is that our psychological self all too often overrules our physical … Continue reading Lies, Limits Or Life →

Contact and connection are keys to a life well lived. It starts with self. It's important not to lose connection with the person we are because the person we are is the person we must live with. Far too much mental anguish is suffered when we are unable to recognise and understand aspects of our … Continue reading Like, Link Or Lose →

Depression can be the result of mistakes made in the past. Anxiety can be the result of the fear of mistakes that may happen in the future. One is impossible to change, the other impossible to predict. Life can be about seeing plans and dreams through to fruition...happy outcomes, best results. More likely though it's … Continue reading Deciding The Direction →

As necessary as it is for the protection of personal and mental wellbeing, a comfort zone can become an encumbrance and - at its worst - a trap. If we persist in doing and thinking the things that present no real challenge, personal change and progress are hampered. We run the risk of restricting our … Continue reading Retreat Not Defeat →

Throughout our life we will face many battles but there are two which will stay with us until the end. We want to be seen and we want to be heard. Each and everyone of us has a contribution to make, a role to play, a mission to fulfil. We all have a purpose for … Continue reading Giving And Getting →

When it comes to what should be the simple art of communication, we waste a lot of words. So much of what we say is what we believe our audience wants to hear. We verbalise more from the head than from the heart. What that results in is mixed messages. Confusion. Confrontation. But if we … Continue reading The Wait Of Words →

It's important to be content with where we are and what we have...content in the moment...content in the time and place we occupy. Contentment, however, does not rule out ambition. The former is for now, the latter for then. While contentment and happiness often occupy the same space, they are not the same thing. A … Continue reading A Tender Agenda →

Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes. We spend a lot of time meeting and greeting and on closures and goodbyes. Some people come into our lives for a brief period of time while others are with us for years. It's the gap between the start of a friendship or relationship and its ultimate … Continue reading A Friend In Deed →

Whether by choice or circumstance we can be our own worst enemy creating problems that can be both unnerving and unnecessary. In all kinds of relationships we have a grasp on what is expected of us. That, then, puts the responsibility of delivery back in our wheelhouse. There are occasions when choice is taken from … Continue reading Better Is As Better Does →

Not everything makes sense. Decisions made by others can be hard to understand and actions can be every bit as confounding as words. It would be safe to say that the majority of us spend an inordinate amount of time in a state of semi-confusion. We look for answers we may never find and our … Continue reading The Delusion Of Confusion →