The Fallacy of the New

The Fallacy of the New

by | Jan 1, 2020 | Thoughts

The Fallacy Of The New, Or Why I Don’t Want To Wish You A Happy New Year People like a clean slate. A new year, a new decade, a new day, emphasis is on the word new. New job, new house, new country, new partner. New body. Just think about the word new for a moment...
10 Steps to Happiness

10 Steps to Happiness

by | Oct 11, 2019 | psychology, Thoughts

We have the power to make ourselves happy but only if we have the awareness to go with it. Here are 10 steps to Happiness that I wrote about for a magazine last year. Perhaps you can condense them, or create some of your own! 1 Give yourself permission to be happy ...
Life doesn’t always turn out the way we wanted

Life doesn’t always turn out the way we wanted

by | Nov 5, 2018 | Thoughts

Life doesn’t always turn out the way we wanted It’s my little girl’s birthday tomorrow, she’ll be 9. She’s my youngest, we are taking her plus 8 friends plus her older sister to Build-a-bear at the shopping mall for her party. They’re going to have a heart...
The Stories that we tell ourselves

The Stories that we tell ourselves

by | Oct 13, 2018 | Thoughts

The stories that we tell ourselves about something or someone defines the way we feel about it, or them. For example: A woman was standing in the queue to buy airplane tickets. When it was her turn, she asked for a first class ticket. The woman behind the counter said...
Fear is a terrible thing

Fear is a terrible thing

by | Jun 17, 2018 | Thoughts

Fear is a terrible thing. Fear sneaks up on us like a dog snapping at our heels. It can follow us around all day, disrupting everything we do. But fear is not a real, tangible thing like a dog is. The dog in our mind is worse than the dog that is about to bite us,...