How has 2022 started for you? Is it back into the normal routines, or is this your year to be Awesome? In today’s Shortcast I am exploring the value of dreaming as a way to beat the January blues. January can be the hardest month to get through. Particularly if Read more
Happy New Year. Now that 2021 is over, what will this year bring your way? The new year offers a unique transition point. It’s a time when most people become reflective, looking at where they have been and where they are going. But I don’t think there has been a Read more
Simon Jordan was my first ever podcast guest, but he was also a friend and someone I admired. Our connection goes back nearly 10 years, so it was a bit of a shock when I learned that he had died just before Christmas. This podcast is a tribute to the Read more
Are you guilty of leaking? Over the last couple of weeks we have been discussing narratives and happiness. Today we’re going to be talking about emotional leaking. In this show, we are returning to emotions and looking at why it is important to become aware of our feelings and learn Read more
This week I am highlighting some of the pitfalls of the pursuit for happiness, it’s what I call the Happiness Trap. Typically this is the perpetual pursuit of external pleasures that leads us away from the true source of inner happiness that sustains us through all the ups and downs Read more
What do you want? Are you sure, is that what your really want? Sometimes the question is easy to answer, and the goal easy to achieve. Other times it’s not as straight forward as you think. Answering this question with what I want now, in this moment, is relatively easy. Read more
What lies beyond grief? At some point in life everyone dies. No matter what we do to avoid it, it’s a fact. The real question is, how do we learn to live with it and how do we move on? This week is Grief Awareness week in the UK and Read more
On this show we are looking at the balance of self and exploring who is really in control of our life. How can we be sure we’re sticking to the path we have chosen. I have been doing a lot of research on this notion of ‘self’. For example, the Read more
How do you deal with unmet expectations? I was reflecting this week on expectations; the conversation came from two directions: the podcast I listened to called The Life Coach School with Brooke Castillo. The other was my feelings around the outcomes of the COP26 conference. There is nothing wrong with Read more
Today’s conversation with Nicoleta Porojanu brings the world of psychotherapy into a wider dimension, with her recognition that it is about the integration of body, mind and soul healing.
From a turbulent childhood with an alcoholic father, through the journey of healing from a rare form of breast cancer, Nicoleta brings a staggering depth to the insights gained through her life experiences.
What matters to you? I’m not just talking about the big things, although they are relevant. But what about the little things that we take for granted every day. Like our health for instance. This week I have had a cold. I rarely get them these days, but I guess Read more
This weeks shortcast ‘Living The Story’ is inspired by my recent trip to Bristol and the controversial media coverage and history of the Colston Statue.
Edward Colston was a 16th century merchant whose statue was erected to venerate the £71,000 he left for charity. It was successfully pulled of its plinth and ceremoniously dumped in the river during the Black Lives Matters demonstrations last year. The media portrayed this as an act of vandalism, and yet the Story goes much deeper.