Your Smartphone is Making You Stupid: Fact
In an ironic twist on the name, smartphones actually make us less smart – but not necessarily in the way you might imagine. According to a study carried out at…
How Happiness Can Heal Health Conditions
When you are ill, you are likely to feel pretty down-in-the dumps. You will usually feel even lower if your condition is chronic or possibly untreatable. And as time goes on,…
Are Modern Mindfulness Meditators Missing a Trick?
Mindfulness seems to be in fashion at the moment. Mental health and wellbeing centres are doing it. Workplace wellness programs are doing it. Even the Canadian police force is doing…
How To Run Your Brain Better
Your brain may be an amazing thing, able to process millions of bytes of information per second and make lightning-quick decisions, but did you know that your thinking tackle has…
How to Stop Yourself Failing
Why am I Failing? Feeling stuck in a rut, trapped, like you just can't imagine making a success of your life – whether you're trying to do something specific or…
The 10 Best Bruce Lee Quotes
Bruce Lee has a unique place among sporting legends. He is one of the only athletes known for the sharpness of both his body and his mind. The martial arts…
How To Make ‘Happy Mistakes’
As a child, I loved watching a certain kids' TV show about art. It was presented by a softly-spoken, good-natured old guy who would demonstrate how to use watercolours or pastels, or…
Are you a Pochemuchka?
Unless you're a Russian-speaker, you probably won't know what I'm on about, but the very fact that you chose to read this blog may mean that you're a Pochemuchka anyhow.…
Like A Kit-Kat With No Wafer…Serendipity
What do you feel like when you buy a Kit-Kat, take a bite and discover there is no wafer? Do you scream and shout about the deviance of said chocolate…
Have You Ever Asked Yourself “Where Do I Belong?”
We all know what an ideal fit feels like. It's like when we discover a shoe that is the perfect size and shape, a band who've never released a track…