What Does Happiness Mean to You?
Poets, philosophers and theologians, not to mention almost every person in the world, has thought about happiness. What is it? Can we define it? Whilst these are important questions, perhaps a more useful question is What Does Happiness Mean to…
How to Cope with Exam Failure
The exam hall may be a distant memory as the results are posted. Your stomach churns in anticipation. Loved ones, peers and tutors join the throng. It isn’t what you expected. It isn’t what you hoped for. But there are…
How to Use Self-Talk Successfully
Affirmations have become a trendy topic in the past decade. It was once practiced only by New Age-y types and satirists. Remember Stewart Smalley on Saturday Night Live in the 80s? “I’m good enough. I’m smart enough. And gosh darn…
How to Use a Crisis to Reframe Your Life
When I was a new mom I fought hard to control everything I could think of. I penned my son into the living room with tall pillows to protect him against falls. I used dye-free soaps on his smooth baby…
The Seven Myths of Wealth Creation
What is wealth? Most people would say it means having lots of money, being financially independent and having all the things they desire. Unfortunately, they would be wrong. True wealth is not something external. It begins in the mind. It…
