In part one of this series we talked about what stress is. My definition was that stress is the conscious awareness of a thought. Today we’ll start to talk about managing stress.
Most people don’t define themselves as being stressed until they reach a point somewhere close to meltdown. Yet there’s a range that [...]
What is stress?
You could say it was making and uploading a video for the first time :).
Sorry for the delay, but getting to grips with a new technology is always filled with potholes. I would have liked to have made the video better, but I if I was to get anything out this week, it [...]
I’ve received a couple of emails asking me why I haven’t posted anything yet this week. I was planning to get to work on a series of posts about stress. But life got in the way, as it tends to…
Over the end of last week my daughter got sick. It eventually transpired she had measles. [...]
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I promised you I had a big idea and here it is. If you’ve read the book ‘Wisdom of Crowds’ you’ll understand the power of focused groups.
None of us is smarter than all of us put together. I’ve always thought of each of us as apart of a cosmic jigsaw [...]
I’m sure you are probably missing some of the most valuable insights from this blog. You see I write a post with my views and you probably read it within a day or so. But for days after, people are joining in the conversation and bringing in their experiences, different perspectives and insights. [...]
Up to now, most of my energy has been focused on developing theoretical knowledge. Now I’m looking at finding more practical ways that people can live more enjoyably with less hassle.
I’ve been doing a lot of study into stress recently. I have searched high and low and I haven’t found any source [...]
Some people have asked for clarification about the Ego. Here’s something that hopefully, might make it clearer and more understandable.
Imagine that long ago two countries went to war.
One was filled with excitement at the glory of victory, anticipating the spoils of victory, the access to new technologies and knowledge. They were eager to [...]
You might remember the What is Happiness Survey from a couple of weeks ago. A few people have asked about the results , so here they are;
http://livewithoutconflict.com/whatishappinesssurvey.pdf
I did want to do a kind of before and after comparison with the insights from the Happiness 2.0 report. Unfortunately there weren’t enough responses to [...]
I always greatly preferred Carl Jung’s perspectives to Freuds and when I studied Neuro Linguistic Programming I liked his personality types. No typology will ever be completely accurate, but I find these interesting as a starting point. Their fun to take with others and can be helpful in interacting.
I just came across [...]
One of the most common phrases people say to others in some form of grief is, ‘time heals’ or ‘it takes time’. It usually does, but time is not the healer. There is a certain process that has to be gone through in order to move things from being painful to being accepted. [...]