There is a very wise man called Dan John. His specialty is training people to get strong (I guess – my specialty is not, so I’m not 100% sure). What I love is that as well as being into muscles, he’s a philosopher as well – he lectures in Religious Studies at a university level. […]
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Listening to the radio the other afternoon – Sumati likes to have music on when she’s in the kitchen. And she is a great cook, so whatever she needs to get in the zone is fine with me, you know? Usually I don’t like listening to radio DJs, they tend to prattle. However this one
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Apparently the average human has the attention span that is less than a goldfish. What a joke that is. No focus, no patience, no immersion in this moment. No flow, no satisfaction … nothing and nowhere. Bored already? Well leave this here, cos this isn’t for you. But it could be the greatest thing you
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Have you ever heard that expression “just let go”? Sometimes it’s helpful, sometimes it’s used like an attack “dude, just freakin’ let it go!”. How do you “let go”? Well – the theory and the practice is simple. Letting go is in a way distracting yourself from thinking so much a particular way.
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Reading a newspaper article this morning as I was sipping my coffee and feeding the toast/hummus/avocado machine that is Bubba (she’s a hipster babe, what can I do?), and I spluttered, a little. The article was about corporate mindfulness programmes to help workers deal with stress. It stated that corporate mindfulness was turning the workers
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Last email was all about how any relationship transforms when you give to it. When you give first, you create the very real possibility of enjoying a rich, alive, fun relationship. I said to give and give and give. And yet! Sometimes the most giving thing you can do is say “NO” … is not give.
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OK – so a semi-serious question for you: How do you want your life to be like? Here’s the secret to having the foundation for an amazing life, free of limitation and doubt and worry and flying off the handle … beyond coffee and pork pies and tasty, salty, crunchy snacks (of course, those are
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I used to regularly wake in the early hours of the night, worrying and anxious … about something, anything. It was always something that my mind would present for me to solve. “Fix this, and then you can go back to sleep”, it would say. And that is the trouble about worry and anxiety, is
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How many stylish individuals do you know? The style I’m talking about is found in the free agents. The ones who have that sense of “nothing to prove, nothing to hide”. They’re not busting their buns trying to be noticed, or trying to be something for someone … they’re just content in who they are.
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Other people are one of the biggest challenges in life, aren’t they? Pesky fellows never do what you want them to. And you may practice being mindful and aware. Being aware of when you start to get triggered and start blindly reacting so you can take the half step back and choose how you want
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