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I’m pleased to announce that Kindred Spirit, an excellent and long-standing UK magazine on spiritual development and similar matters (now in its 115th issue), includes a three page spread I wrote about using creative visualization, affirmations, and goal setting, three … Continue reading →

People with low self-esteem tend to have difficulty holding eye contact and, as well as being correctly interpreted for what it is, it can also be misunderstood as being shiftless or lying. But correctly applied, eye contact is one of … Continue reading →

One of the best guards against ill health is to have a healthy mind. Luckily it’s well known that positive thinking in the form of creative visualization can have remarkable healing effects – simply by imagining being well you can … Continue reading →

One of the things that makes it harder for us to achieve our goals is the perceived gap between where we are now and where we want to be. The two seem so far apart that getting from one to … Continue reading →

According to the Bible and other religious texts we are all descended from an original pair of ancestors, while evolution shows that we all diverged as a species from a common ancestor. Either way, every one of us is related … Continue reading →

There’s a fascinating psychological principle known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, which is a cognitive bias whereby someone who knows a little about a subject is unaware of just how much there is that goes into it, and therefore assumes that … Continue reading →

Some sports require skill and accuracy more than speed and stamina. These include activities such as archery, pool and snooker, darts, shooting, or mental sports such as quizzes, card games and so on. You also need to be accurate in … Continue reading →

Recently I’ve been once again investigating social networking sites such as Twitter, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn and Google+, and it seems to me that the reason I never really used them that much before is the sheer amount of ‘noise’ that enters … Continue reading →

Some people speak and act from the heart and as a result they are exceptionally warm and friendly to be with. It comes naturally to them to express their love for their family and friends, other people and yes, even … Continue reading →

With well over 500 different phobias listed at phobialist.com you might think that human beings must be a highly neurotic species, and maybe you’d be right! We certainly have a knack for getting into a to-do over the seemingly smallest … Continue reading →