Be pleased with yourself, because you can. Sounds simple but it is harder than you think. How often do you tell your kids, friends, colleagues or partner that you are pleased with them?  You are also…

A few days ago I had a big to-do list with deadlines looming, then I had a run-in with my business bank.  The bank conversation unsettled me. I didn’t feel like getting on with stuff,…

I’m reflecting on what made me smile this week. Getting a note from a friend calling himself “right tardy” for taking so long to reply to me. As I read it I could hear him…

“Oh how to describe those moments of bliss” quoted a character in a radio drama the other day.  You may wonder to what she referred.  Well in fact it was watching a film with a…

If there is one thing that almost everyone wants on my development programmes its to be happier and people want that both at home and at work. So what does the research show about how…

I’ve had an exhaust problem.  I’ve been driving with lacking a silencer. If you ever thought they didn’t do very much then think again. I can’t really describe the pain. I was tortured for hours.…

On the train last week I encountered a group of women heading to Edinburgh.  They were “girls on tour” with sequinned red dragon T shirts and selected refreshments.  They had ended up in the “quiet…

There is data that shows  the difference between the minimum temperature in the UK and the maximum temperature in Sydney is over 60 degrees.  That’s an amazing fact.  Australians were interviewed about this and asked…

I was having my hair cut recently and asked my hairdresser how she would celebrate Christmas.  She said she didn’t need a special occasion to celebrate. She’ll be getting a bottle of wine out at…

There was an item on the news recently about some research into flu. They’d found that you can significantly reduce your risk of infection by wearing a mask. Not just any old wad of cotton…