It’s been a busy month writing invited blogs which is such a joy. This blog written for Clinfield – an organisation that is championing and actively supporting career development for research practitioners and especially nurses in UK – came as a result of putting tog

Last month I wrote this blog for Psychology Tomorrow site in New York. I came across the magazine by chance and right away loved the form, style and the combination of the art and psychology in it. It’s so inviting and stimulating. I invite you to check it out for yourself. Be i

This is the TEDx talk I gave in February 2013 for TedX organised by Lisa Jacob. First, a big thanks to all those helping her our on the day to make us feel so welcomed and to the technical specialists behind this video which looks fab. Thank you! If you like the talk please share it w

We all have days when life seems blue. We get a piece of news that’s not great and then our mind recalls another related event or thought, and then it beautifully projects a fear into the future and before we know it, we’re feeling less than enthusiastic about the future. Well, th

Imagine your brain as a giant factory that’s largely automated to keep it going without your interference. You’re a factory owner. Normally, if you want something done – create a new product for example – you will need to go down on the shop floor and actually reset certain ma

As we enter January many of us will undoubtedly bump up against folks setting new year resolutions and those refusing to do so on various principles. So here are three insights that I have recently shared with a group of professional executive assistants. If you implement these practi

If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.- Unknown author Decisions are nothing more than mental processes that help us select a course of action or belief state. Every decision making process whether conscious or unconscious will produce a specific and final choice at any given tim

1. Life is actually pretty easy Yep. I know you may not agree. You may look around and think you’re struggling, working yourself out and hardly have any time left to enjoy this so called easy life. Maybe the person you love let you down and told you you’re not their number

For centries many cultures believed in signs. For example native American Indians viewed all things (living and dead) as having a spirit and a meaning. Listening to the signs was an integral part of Indian life.  I have never tried this out for myself, though on many occasions I expe