Denied access to the full and honest facts surrounding a particular situation or event, we are left with the options of presumption, assumption and speculation. It's when we start using our imagination to fill in the gaps or complete a picture that we encounter a set of circumstances that can be mentally taxing. Left to … Continue reading Handling The Truth →

While most of us understand that without change there can be no growth, there's still a fear of the unknown and the untested. That can result in reluctance to move from where we are in our circumstances or relationships to another place. Throughout our life we will miss opportunities because we fear that which we … Continue reading The Power To Change →

It's not what we tell each other that can be most damaging, it's what we tell ourselves and how much of it we strive to believe. While it's possible to fool some of the people some of the time it's altogether impossible to fool ourselves all of the time. As a general rule we spend … Continue reading Life Lived True →

One of the most significant sources of anxiety and depression we all face is the family unit. There's an expectation that those closest to us are the ones who will protect and comfort, guide and encourage...and for a great many people that is the general reality. But not everyone and not all the time. To … Continue reading One Life To Live →

Community helps keep us grounded and connection is the key. We all have the need to feel that we are part of something and not just something apart. And yet we all have the capacity to neglect or abuse already established connections. Apathy can lead to isolation. One of the most significant contributors to mental … Continue reading The Key Of Connection →

Throughout our lifetime there are many occasions when an opportunity presents and we find ourselves scrambling to avoid rather than embrace it. It may be that we are seriously risk averse or it could simply be that we are generally apathetic. The point is that we can too often miss the chance to take a … Continue reading Our Time Starts Now →

Ambition is admirable. Goals are essential. Dreams are to be encouraged. But there can be a disconnect between what we want and desire and what we will achieve. The gap between here and now and then and there can only be properly bridged by the pathway of process. If we do nothing then nothing will … Continue reading We Are That Person →

It's important to take time to take stock...to step back, take a few deep breaths and look at our lives and relationships and try to see them for what they are rather than what we imagine them to be. Reality can become blurred by emotion; fact mistaken for fiction; lies confused with truth. What we … Continue reading True To The Truth →

There are three important stages in everyone's life...where we were, where we are and where we will be. The first determines the second and the second very much determines the third. Placement is linked with personality. Who we are today is not who we were yesterday and not who we will be tomorrow. It's not … Continue reading Up On The Stage →

What we think can have an impact on our mental stability while what we say can have an impact on the mental stability of those around us. There's personal responsibility attached to both scenarios. Thoughts are random and can be unsettling. We have little control over the scattered bits of information that come to mind. … Continue reading Thoughts And Words →