by Andy | Sep 17, 2020 | Food for thought, Happiness & Success
I’m going to be rather presumptuous and guess that this sums up your life story so far: Once upon a time, in Ancient China, there was a stonecutter. All day he worked really hard, under the hot sun. One day, he was walking home from work, when he looked through the...
by Andy | May 20, 2020 | Happiness & Success, Mental Health, Wellbeing
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme is kindness. It has been very heartening to see the number of acts of generosity and kindness during lockdown, including the incredible £32 million in donations to Captain Tom Moore, the 750,000 NHS volunteers, and...
by Andy | Nov 14, 2019 | Happiness & Success, Personal Effectiveness
There is a saying that everything you want is on the other side of fear. It’s quite an inconvenient truth. We prefer to tell ourselves that it’s other people’s fault we aren’t where we want to be. That the world is against us. Take for example the expression, ‘I’m...
by Andy | Sep 12, 2019 | Happiness & Success, Meditation, Mental Health
Would you like a brain upgrade? How about a brain that is calmer, less fearful and more able to focus on one thing at a time? Perhaps one that finds it easier to be nice to yourself and others? Well, research is increasingly showing that we do have the power to change...
by Andy | Jul 9, 2019 | Happiness & Success, Mental Health
I’m posting this to inspire you with the idea that however difficult and unhappy life gets, you can always turns it around. Also highlighting the power of mindfulness and coaching to help you do that — if you really commit to it. The story below was written by my...
by Andy | Mar 22, 2019 | Happiness & Success, Mental Health
I have often associated work with certain things: competition time pressure being inside, in front of a screen trying to prove my value to others trying to find a formula for success feeling isolated, stressed and anxious having a boss that I feel anxious to please...