Nick Williams is not your average guru – he doesn’t look, or importantly, act the part. What he does do is gently and with compassion and humour authentically inspire people to show up for their own lives and play big by helping them move beyond their fears. His particular area of expertise is in helping [...]
Archive for Personal Development
Instructions For Happiness And Success
Now isn’t that just what we all need at this time of year when we gather our strength and yet again make plans for a better future? We have tried often enough on our own goodness knows so I was delighted to see an advance copy of this new book by Susie Pearl that promises [...]
Essential Qualities for Life
I was listening the Harry Christopher’s The Sixteen singing a rather beautiful 16th century piece by Tomas Luis de Victoria and I began thinking about the rapture that can come from losing yourself in a piece of music or a painting or a poem and what it was that was acting on us. I jotted [...]
Becoming Who You Really Are
Our greatest judges are usually ourselves, and Louise Hay offers tools and guidance to overcome this damaging characteristic.
Creative Alchemy
So why is this amazing little book on how to take the 12 necessary steps from inspiration to finished novel sitting under personal development not creativity? Because the act of writing anything – a novel or a piece of non-fiction – is an act of personal declaration and therefore development. November is National Novel [...]
Emotional Fitness
We pay a lot of attention these days to physical fitness – at least in theory. Emotional Fitness is a new concept that author Paul Bird outlines for us to discover what drives the way we think and feel. It is a philosophy that makes perfect sense and if you want to flex your emotional muscle then this book will help you do that.
What Constant Craving Really Means
Doreen Virtue is a doctor of Psychology who has written many books on varied topics from angels to dieting and her latest book gave me much food for thought. It’s title ‘Constant Craving’ is based on her many years of scientific, psychological and metaphysical research about food cravings. If you are serious about wanting to lose weight permanently then it is vital to understand why you eat what you do.
Noimetics – A New Philosophy for Individuals
Eric Maisel is a US creativity coach whose unique approach goes deep into areas that are normally outside the creative realm and head into personal development. His description of a new naturalistic philosophy, Noimetics, will certainly provoke some thought and when we think, we grow.
What Makes Life Worth Living?
What makes life worth living may seem a flip question but I mean this in all seriousness as according to the World Health Organisation, around 1 million people die of suicide every year, the tenth largest cause of death globally. Awful enough, but what startled me was that more die by suicide than by any other type of violence, including armed conflict.
Alone Versus Lonely
These two states can of course co-exist and feel like the same thing, but in reality they need to be separated and recognised as different states.
