We have emotional peaks and emotional troughs. It is a natural part of living that we experience these highs and lows. I don't know about you but I have often found myself to be consumed by the feelings I experience during the lows of life. So much so that nothing else seems to exist , or [...]
This last 2 weeks saw the outpouring of Grief in two very different contexts. The first involved an unexplained coach crash in a road tunnel in the Swiss Alps; twenty eight people died, with twenty two of them being children returning home from a school trip. This obviously caused huge pain and suffering for those closely involved [...]
"If information alone changed people's lives, everybody would be skinny, rich and happy!" Les Brown It’s true isn’t it, and we all know it. So why do you constantly seek more information in order to become successful at something? There is nothing wrong with information per se; it’s just not the only important factor in [...]
How often do you fight things you don’t like? Things people say. Things people do. Things that happen in the world. What do you do when someone is having a go at you, for not being the person they would like you to be? For not being good enough. For being a lousy father/mother/parent/son/daughter/etc. What [...]
How often do you fight things you don’t like? Things people say. Things people do. Things that happen in the world. What do you do when someone is having a go at you, for not being the person they would like you to be? For not being good enough. For being a lousy father/mother/parent/son/daughter/etc. What [...]
I was having a conversation today with Sejual Shah (no relation!) who is practitioner and teacher of an Emotional Intelligence technique known as the Emotional Freedom Technique. During our discussion, the question was asked why so many obviously intelligent people struggle with Emotional Intelligence (EQ). The answer lies in the recognition that we have different [...]