Moving boulders : a new series for everyone

This new series will be tricks that work for me when I need to get myself going on a bad day [...]

Photo’s from the eleventh Doctor Who’s home town

Saturday 23 November 1963 and we were excited. A brand new series was to start on BBC1. It was science fiction. It was hyped before we’d heard of the word.

At 5.15 that afternoon I was helping out at a Scout jumble sale and wishing I could be at home watching Dr Who. Pretty sad for a [...]

How to ensure the poor are always with us

Our town has many charity shops selling cheap but smart second-hand clothes. Whether or not you feel happy buying this sort of clothing for your family is just a matter of attitude. You don't have to be rich to be well clothed. You do have to be less concerned with the latest fashions or exact [...]

the different approaches to counselling 4 : think back

It may be worth seeking the help of someone who can help you review memories that are currently destructive. [...]

How can we tame bad memories?

Bad memories can damage and distort us until we find a way to take charge of them. [...]

Success that works

Kim Warwick wasn’t rich, famous or powerful but he was successful beyond the dreams of most of us. [...]

How does it feel to be 60?

Every age has its good and bad points, its advantages and limitations. We need to live each to the full. [...]

59 coming up 60 and looking back at a weird kid

Does it make sense to describe stuff like Asperger’s Syndrome as a problem that cannot be cured? [...]

Two types of self-esteem on view

Ways in which people show their self-esteem is of the dangerous and unhealthy narcissistic type.
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Fragmented memories of being 17 coming up 18 and down

As a teenager I started to experience chronic depression. This is part of how it felt, and what I learned. [...]

Why do people fear questions they can’t answer?

There’s nothing wrong with not knowing something. The trick is to have ways of trying to find out the answer. [...]

Leave them kids alone – they need to take risks and get hurt a bit

Why do we wrap our kids up in cotton wool, drive them everywhere, and threaten to sue if they get hurt a bit? [...]