Life perspectives from a mad cat woman in training

How Contact with Nature Can Heal and Transform Us

Coaches and personal development gurus all recommend visualisation. But is it just wishful thinking or it it grounded in science?

External power, the kind people get from being respected or rich, only lasts as long as people are willing to give it to us. As soon as we lose our position or fall out of favor, our power falls away. There is no telling when this kind of power might be taken from us, as many deposed dictators and fired execs have discovered.

In fact, You can transform anything about your personality by rewiring your brain!

Facing our fears and living with our vulnerabilities is something we all struggle with. Watch this video to find out why courage is so important, why living with vulnerability is so difficult and how I've learned to live with my vulnerabilities using a double-decker bus.

"Mum, I need your help! I don't know where to put my stuff because my room is already full."

Look at your past through the lens of appreciation. Design your future by dreaming it up.

What if adventure was an everyday choice to honour something we value? How would we set our lives up differently?

What happens when we stop taking the "goods" of our life for granted? What happens when we suddenly realise how lucky we are? And why can't we keep hold of this appreciation?

A number of years ago I went on a journey of self discovery which was one of the greatest adventures I could ever hope to experience.

Cars are causing me quite a bit of adventurish activity lately. Toot toot!

How about this for a challenge - do a quick audit of your relationships. Even in the summer we need radiators.

Ok, I'm cheating slightly. I'm gathering up 4 adventure ideas into one in this post. I will be having my own adventures too but if I have one every day I may be too exhausted to face the Autumnn!

You may have hated 'art' at school but spending some time with your inner child can generate amazing results. Leave black and white behind, at least for today!

Have you ever wanted to reinvent yourself? Be someone else for a while?

What is Self-Sufficiency in a psychological sense? Is it an important factor in well-being? Help me find out by filling out this short questionnaire

When you think about optimising time in your life, ask yourself one question ‘What makes my life worth living?’

I hate it when people think they are giving me a compliment by saying I do something ‘just like a man’. I’m a woman, for heaven’s sake, I don’t need my actions validated by being told I do it like a man, i.e. better than if I was doing it like a woman….