Jul 16
Giving up Smoking
Our latest author, Laura, is going to begin publishing a series of posts on giving up smoking.
This will be a three-part series, consisting of:
1 - preparation
2 - the actual quitting
3 - the…
Jul 06
I've never met a shy monkey!
I’m not sure I’ve ever met a shy monkey! Nevertheless, research recently carried out on young rhesus monkeys may hold the clue to a deeper understanding of anxiety, stress and shyness is human…
Jun 24
We’re Back!
Well, after a fairly prolonged absence - for which my wife should be held responsible due to the birth of our third child! - we’re now officially back.
In the coming days you can expect further…
Mar 18
How NOT to stop grinding your teeth!
I’ve been meaning to post more on how to stop grinding your teeth, along with pointers to tactics that I’ve found helpful. However, the truth is that not much has worked so far! Hence, not much…
Mar 01
How to Develop Good Luck
I’ve got a couple of posts in the pipe-line on teeth-grinding (or “bruxism”, to use the medical term), but in the meantime…
Who couldn’t use a little bit more good luck?
Feb 22
Do you Grind your Teeth?
I don’t like Dentists!
Due to the excess of Cola that I used to drink, I’ve made more than my fair share of visits to the Dentist’s surgery. My experiences haven’t always been great, so it’s not an experience that I exactly look forward to.
There was a time a couple of years ago when I was so anxious about the state of my teeth - and the dental work required - that I would lose sleep worrying about it, or spend the night grinding my teeth in trepidation. The irony wasn’t lost on me!
I was…
Feb 13
Change your thoughts and change your life
There’s an excellent post over at the Urban Monk that gets straight to the point of what I’ve been waffling around for ages: Change your thoughts and change your life – The Art of Cognitive Reframing.
Read the rest for yourselves. You won’t regret it.
Feb 08
3 Stesp to Keeping your Cool in a Crazy World
I recently came across an interesting guest post over at Zen Habits.
Murder! Ringing phones, broken equipment, lost data, rude customers, unreasonable deadlines, demanding bosses. A sure-fire recipe for a 187.
The author, Albert Foong, goes on to note that the days we are living in require emotional intelligence and psychologically tested methods ‘to handle anything that happens in a mature and powerful manner.’ The vital first step, predictably - but helpful nonetheless, is taking…
Jan 23
Home remedies (to preserve your sanity!)
JollyBlogger recently posted some Amazingly Simple Home Remedies:
- If you’re choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself.
- Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop.
- Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by using the sink.
- For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the…
Jan 12
Ben Pridmore is a Mentalist
and Tony Buzan is, apparently, a Guru!
Did anyone see Channel 5’s documentary, The Mentalists? The show followed Ben and other Memorists (including Ed Cooke and Gunther Karsten) as they travelled to Bahrain to compete in the World Memory Championships.
You can read Ben’s reaction to the programme here. However, if you don’t know who won, be warned that Ben gives it away!
From my perspective, watching the programme was really interesting. My wife even watched it with me, partly because…
Jan 05
How to Get Rid of Anxiety
I’ve know it’s been an absolute age since I last posted, but Christmas and family sickness had other plans. Nevertheless, let’s get back into it with a look at a topic that seems to be on the increase everywhere you look: Anxiety.
Anxiety Attacks
Having experienced my own fair number of ‘anxiety attacks’, I’m hoping to post a fair ideas and tips for dealing with them. For now, to ease myself back into the blogging habit, I’ll simply repeat the good advice found here.
Dealing with…
Dec 13
Can Aikido make you a better person?
Over at the Aikiweb forums, there was a discussion in October, prompted by the question: ‘What does your Aikido practice teach you that your religious/spiritual/philosophical practice teaches you that makes you a better person?’
Some of the answers were so enlightening that I thought they merited discussion on this blog. The question that they provoke for me is, would the answers be the same if we swapped ‘Aikido’ for any other work at self-improvement that involved healthy exercise,…
