Listen to the audio version here. This Saturday on 2nd June I�??ll be running a workshop at the Cornerstone Community Centre Keys to Wellbeing from Mystics and Scientists. I hope you can come along. On the face of it, what would a 13th century Sufi poet like Rumi or the teller of an ancient myth know [...]
Think you know what makes you happy? You might expect Harvard University psychology professor Daniel Gilbert would be delighted his book �??Stumbling on Happiness�?? won the Royal Society Prize for Science Books yesterday. Maybe he was. But, as his book explains, we have a surprisingly poor grasp of what actually makes us [...]
With apologies for the racing theme! If you stop worrying about other people, you can have success every day. “When thoroughbreds run they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight ahead with no distractions, no other horses. They hear the crowd but they don�??t listen. They just run their own race. That�??s what [...]
Listen to the podcast of this here. I thought I�??d have a go at the Sussex Beacon half marathon in Brighton next weekend. Some good reasons not to do it: 1. It�??s on a Sunday morning in February 2. Thirteen miles is quite a long way 3. You don�??t get paid or receive a big prize for your efforts. So [...]
Listen to the podcast of this here How can some people attain long term goals whether it’s being healthy, keeping their finances in order, or completing a big project without seeming to try? The answer is habits. Rather than focussing on an outcome, it can sometimes be more useful, easier and more fun to stop thinking [...]