Walking the tightrope – the practice of provoking powerful dangerous people.
Over the years working in this, quite frankly, weird job of mine, I've worked with quite a few different types of people. Two of which that stick out are professional fighters and [very] powerful business people. Neither group of people is used to being...
Is Provocative Change Works a remedy for Generation Snowflake?
In this post I'm going to write a little about why the Provocative Change Works approach has been useful for me, and how it might be so for you too. it's like being some sort of human pinball [in one of those safety inflatable bubbles]. Bouncing from idea, memory,...
Savouring: the gateway drug of Mindfulness
So by now you'll all know that practicing Mindfulness is good for you "But it's so bloody boring and I get distracted so easily." *Sigh* Yes, it can, at first seem that way. But there's a cheat code for Mindfulness, a backdoor entry point that I think will facilitate...
*Free Mindfulness Audio* Finding the balance: Self Care vs Getting over yourself.
Eastbourne Seafront , as seen from the pier A photo posted by Al Whitton (@alittlerock) on Oct 28, 2015 at 8:52am PDT I was talking with my friend, peer and occasional partner in audio-crime - Joe Kao recently. We were discussing the need to find balance...
Blog Takeover: Cherie Newland on Forgiveness
FORWARD I've decided to bind and gag my inner control freak for well, today at least, by letting my good friend from America, Cherie Newland takeover the blog. I'm already sweating at the prospect of people thinking I've lost my power. Well, maybe I just gained a new...
Learning to slow down in 2019 – and how sharks breathe.
Learning to SLOW DOWN in 2019 Dear Reader, Today I'm writing from my (new) laptop with a bad headache. "So why don't you get rid of the headache using self hypnosis or NLP?" This is true that I can successfully do this, and have done so historically to myself. So why...
How I beat depression in a single day … sort of.
So clearly there's more to this post than meets the eye - it sounds like a load of marketing codswallop, right? Well, it is, but only partially. Let me explain. Life has thrown me a couple of curveballs lately - mainly being a financial investment that has shown zero...
A gratitude hack – updated for 2019
Here's a visualisation technique I use with many of my clients to help foster not an 'attitude of gratitude', but instead a strong feeling of 'I am grateful for myself'. Here's why - for fellow nitpickers. An attitude is, to me, a kind of modus operandi that is...
How to deal with adversity and negativity in 2019
Last week I was asked to write about help in "Dealing with adversity and negativity and trying to turn your life around." That's a tall order for a single blog post, but I'll do my best! Let's dive in. Firstly, for trying to turn your life around you get respect. And...
Be water my friend – Ho to practice the lost art of mental flexibility in 2019
[pullquote3]Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my...