Setting Boundaries and the Power of Saying ‘No’.

the-power-of-noA friend once told me that the best bit of advice she ever got was:

“‘No’ is a complete sentence.”

An incredibly caring and compassionate woman, my friend once had the problem that befalls many nice people – she had trouble saying no when asked for something.

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What’s the rush – you’re moving way too fast!

rushSometimes when you watch a movie or read a book the characters may remind you of people that you know. In real life. It may be the way they look or the way that they behave. There’s just something about them.

That happened to hypnotherapist, Mark Tyrrell.  He was watching the story of Alice in Wonderland with his daughters when he

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The Problem With Dandelions

dandelion-weedsThere was once a man who took great pride in his lawn. He managed his lawn as if it were one of the great wonders of the world. And indeed, it was perfect. But one morning he woke up to find a large crop of dandelions growing in his beautiful lawn. The man was very annoyed with what he saw. So he set about ridding his lawn of the weeds by using nay method he could think of.

He mowed the lawn with a special blade to cut it short, but the dandelions just grew back. He bought powerful weed killer sprays and applied the chemicals several times. He pulled them out one by one but they just grew back. No matter what he did, the

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The key to happiness is a little thing called gratitude

gratitude-happinessIt was about 15 years ago when the ‘Positive Psychology’ movement began, and they discovered something very interesting and rather profound about happiness and people’s overall satisfaction with life.

The fact is that there’s always been a bunch of money spent researching what

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Get Healthy With A Good Night’s Sleep

healthy-sleepIn a recent report, published by the Public Health of England, the following words from an article on the importance of sleep jumped off the page:

“Only around 20% to 30% of what we think of as ‘ageing’ is biological; the rest is ‘decay’ or ‘deterioration’, which can be actively managed or prevented.”

It certainly explains why, after you’ve had a terrible night’s sleep, everyone seems to ask “Are you alright?!”

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