There is a common misconception that being happy just happens to you. In my experience, it doesn’t. To work at a fast pace, sustain an ongoing high workload and meet intense family needs and be happy, is no accident. This is what I tell people when they say that I am...
Acceptance! I’ve had to work hard at accepting things for the way they are and not the way I think they should be. I am far from a master, but I am so far from where I was 20 years ago. What has worked for me is… 1. Using my internal mantra, “It is what it is.” I use...
My wish is that your answer is, “Yes!” But, if you aren’t as happy as you’d like to be, you are not alone. In the aftermath of the pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that Anxiety Disorders is up by 25.6% and Major Depressive Disorders by 27.6%....
Millions of people are so addicted to approval and so fearful of confrontation and rejection that their “Yes” habit has serious emotional and physical consequences. When we suffer from the “disease to please,” we try to make others happy at the detriment of our own...
As a child and young adult, I suffered with severe social anxiety. Although I have found ways to manage it, it still rears its head, especially in “performance” situations. While I might look forward to going to parties or to meet a new client, I still get anxious...
