Most relationships fall over due to the same things - sex, money, boredom and busyness. I mean, sure, at the start its all legs akimbo and candle-lit promises, but throw in some familiarity, a little day-to-day domesticity and next minute you're popping on your big pants, moaning about the sh*t you can't afford and whinging about the wet towels being left on the floor (again!) That said, there MORE +
Positive Thinking – Myth or Magic?
Okay - here's the thing. Positive thinking and the whole power of the mind/body connection has been around for a really LONG time. The modern day version took root back in the 1800s when some dude called Phineas Quimby started finding success alleviating people's psychosomatic disorders (via hypnosis). Skip a whole heap of important stuff and fast forward to 1952 when The Power of Positive MORE +
New Year. New You? Pah!
Oh Jeez - it's that time of year again - when we can almost taste the promise of the new and improved us. This will be the year - nay, the decade - when we will finally shed our lazy, drunken, biscuit-loving layers and embrace gut health and gratitude. Sobriety and saving. When we finally get a body our bikini would be proud of and a relationship that doesn't cause self-loathing and MORE +
3 Things That Will (Probably) Change Your Life.
Stop trying to be happy. The super weird thing about doing stuff that makes us happy is that it actually....doesn't. Or if it does, it's pretty f*cking fleeting - as anyone who has demolished a family-sized pizza in one sitting, and then felt fat and disgusting soon after will attest to. You see - the problem with happiness is that it tends to be selfish and all that me-me-me malarkey can MORE +
The Tyranny of the Urgent
Life is full of really important, urgent stuff. Replying to emails, paying bills, maintaining basic levels of hygiene, ensuring you don't starve. Not to mention all the shows you have to watch (there are so many!) In fact, there is so much stuff that requires our attention - often urgently - that most of us spend our life doing that, instead of what is truly important. Like many good theories, MORE +
When To Stop Talking – Part 1
According to this study, most of us average about 16,000 words a day. And rather self-indulgently, 60% of these are spent talking about ourselves. Look, I get it. I am rather partial to a chat myself. In fact, if you asked my friends (or my husband, kids, strangers you meet in the street), they might go as far as to say I never shut up. That said, common wisdom might advocate the importance MORE +
TME & The Art of Saying ‘No’
When someone asks you to do something (anything) there are usually 3 reasons why you'd rather not. Time - I'm so Busy! Money - I'm so Poor! Energy - I'm so Tired! TME - Time. Money. Energy. When it comes to the important resources in life, that pretty much sums it up. Plus the fact that nobody really wants to go out and do anything anymore. Cancelled plans are literally our MORE +
Know Thyself – 32 Questions That Might Change Your Life
Sure, Socrates might have lamented that 'the unexamined life is not worth living', but between work, chores and the second season of Killing Eve - seriously, who has the time? Which is why Spencer Greenberg and Amanda Metskas - inspired by the "36 Questions that Lead to Love" - created a slightly shorter list of questions in a quest to help you better understand yourself. Who Are MORE +
Parenting Mistake No.34 – Loving Your Kids More Than Your Partner
I see this a lot. However great the initial love story, once kids come in to the picture, the frame completely changes. Post bundle of joy, your partner becomes less lover and confidante and more a useful second set of hands ('that nappy is not going to change itself you know!') Or worse, the slightly lessor competitor, in a brand new game neither of you know how to play. Despite the MORE +
Death of the Diet
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to say farewell to our sometime friend Diet. Embraced by many, though loved by few, Diet eventually slipped away after a long and difficult battle with carbs. Diet will be remembered fondly by those who eventually came to their senses. In lieu of flowers, donations of everything in moderation, would be gratefully received. You name it - I've tried it. MORE +
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