How to Stop an Argument
Is it worth five minutes of your time to learn how to stop an argument? Like most people, I learned the hard way how NOT to do it. But then, 30 years as a professional conflict resolver has taught me a thing or two about how to stop an argument, now I’m sharing it with you.
How to Think Like an Optimist in 5 Easy Steps
How to Think Like an Optimist in 5 Easy Steps shows how changing the way you think can strengthen resilience, improve wellbeing, and help you deal more effectively with setbacks and uncertainty, using practical, evidence based strategies that work in real life.
How Our Explanations Can Cause Rumination, and How to Fix it
In this transcript of my podcast episode, I demonstrate how the explanations we create about others’ actions can trap us in rumination, damage relationships, and distort meaning. I also demonstrate a foolproof yet powerful technique to regain balance, clarity, and emotional flexibility.
How to Apologise and When You Should
Have you ever wanted to say sorry, but you've held back? Maybe you thought that the other person should say it first, that apologising would make you appear weak, or that the problem was in the past and now it's too late to say sorry?
Why we Need Magic, Real and Imagined
Magic happens so don't ignore it. Refusal to accept magic means limiting your visions and your opportunities.
Creating a Positive Mental Wellbeing Culture in the Workplace
Organisations play a vitally important role in encouraging a positive mental wellbeing culture in the workplace. Here are several key strategies that employers can implement.
It’s Just Information: How Meaning Shapes Your Emotional Life
This post explores a simple but powerful idea: most of what affects us emotionally isn’t what happens, but the meaning we attach to it. By learning to recognise events as “just information,” you gain a practical pause point. A space that one that reduces rumination, softens emotional reactions, and puts you back in control of how you think and respond.
The Power of Acceptance and Curiosity
Living in the moment is something we do naturally, so we all know how. Look closely and there are examples everywhere. Here are six benefits you should know about.
The Job of the Future
If you want to be secure in your life and career, then social skills come high on the list of must-have qualities.
