Nine months ago, I was a slovenly and overweight 31 year old man. I was also single, proudly heterosexual and looking for love. Something had to give. My self-esteem was low, I felt I had little to offer in a relationship, and that some women were simply out of my league. I settled for girls […]
How to Define your Values using a Values Clarification Exercise
The Austrian neurologist, Holocaust survivor, and Man’s Search for Meaning author, Viktor Frankl, said that man is “pushed by drives and pulled by values”. It is absolutely, one hundred percent, true. Define your values; have a better life. But before we can let our values illuminate our paths, we need to know what they are. […]
Is Facebook Making You Miserable? (Infographic)
Updated 12 March 2016 According to a slew of studies, Facebook is giving us the misery blues. One study found that as interaction on the social network increased, self-esteem decreased, and this was particularly pronounced for women. Another showed that the more people used Facebook, the less happy they were moment-to-moment, and also the less […]
Detoxing – What’s The Deal?
Toxins is certainly a buzzword, but is it purely an invention of marketers to coax us into spending money on dubious products? Well, probably not. Why else do we get food cravings, difficult-to-budge fat, joint pain, sleeping difficulties, fatigue, headaches, dark circles, heartburn, bad breath, farting, anxiety, sinus congestion, water retention, eczema and cold sores? Its logical that these and […]
The 8 Real Reasons You’re Tired (#7 Being a Miserable Ass)
Why do we ‘put up’ with feeling tired and low in energy? By being constantly below par and failing to say an enthusiastic ‘hell yeah!’ to life, we cheat ourselves out of better quality days. When it comes to the underlying causes of tiredness, there are some obvious candidates and some that slip below the radar. Below are eight proven […]