Merry Christmas
Yes, there is no escaping it is this time of year again. And I’m not going to downplay it simply because I love Christmas. I’m lucky I live in a country where we have more than we need and every Christmas has been something special. Here’s my little Christmas message wishing everyone a Merry Christmas […]
The Raw Truth About Moving On: Burn Your Ships
The Unthinkable Command of Hernan Cortes When Hernan Cortes, a Spanish conquistador, set foot on Mexican shores with 600 soldiers in 11 ships 500 years ago, he issued a command that boggled the mind: “Burn the ships.” In a war situation where his soldiers were severely outnumbered and should’ve been doomed, they prevailed. How? By […]
Who are you? Time to find out the truth!
Although the legend says Siddhartha Gautama sat underneath the Bhodi tree in Bodh Gaya, India for 40 nights and 40 days we don’t actually know for certain how long he sat, but we do know he came to some conclusions that led to The Four Noble Truths. Ordinary life brings about suffering. The origin of […]
How to deal with hard times
In this video I talk about my favourite quote “you never know what worse luck your bad luck saves you from” Cormac McCarthy. More importantly, I talk about how the quote helps me when dealing with hard times and especially when things go wrong. When things do go wrong as they inevitably do eventually we […]
Doing this ONE thing WILL improve your life!
Do something every day that SCARES YOU! Whenever I see this quote on the Internet, I immediately think of doing something thrilling that I fear doing, although something inside tells me I would enjoy it. Like a bungee jump, skydiving or zip wire of some kind. Perhaps we should look at it a little different. […]
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness seems to be the new buzzword around the Internet and it is even creeping into everyday life like some new fad that is going to change our lives and make us somehow happier. I have to be honest, when I first started reading about what mindfulness is and how it can change people’s lives, […]
Where does happiness come from?
Now, the answer to this question is easy. It comes from within, that deeper heartfelt knowing that everything is okay just the way it is. Really? So we just need to slow down and discover within ourselves this unreasonable joy, blissful and everlasting happiness that once discovered, it will mean we never have a bad […]
The 17 Amazing Spiritual Lessons I’ve Learned
When things got too much and silencing my thoughts become seemingly impossible, I was left with no choice but to find a way to peace and calmness, which is something that I hadn’t experienced for a very long time. Through my study of the world wisdom traditions and my journey into mindful living, I have […]
5 ways to Motivate yourself – Right now
So you want some motivation? Me too, I may be paralysed from the chest down and from the outside it may seem like I have all the motivation in the world but in reality I have next to none, most days my motivation sucks! I have to use tools and techniques to motivate myself every […]
Do Mind Movies work?
Before I answer that question, here is a very short story but it is important and relevant to the answer to the question; Do Mind Movies Work? Three years ago, I was going through an extremely difficult time. I had just become single which was only part of the problem. If you have 30 seconds […]