Tuesday, September 8, 2009
This a quote from a subheading in one of my favorite books of all time, “The Peter Principle“.
But in fact this approach has a long and rich history.
I am just about to head overseas on a 2 month trip with my wife and 3 small kids – and leave my counselling practice unattended for all [...]
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I like my self help advice along the lines of the KISS principle – Keep It Short & Sweet.
Here is some legal self help advice that is about as KISS as it can get.
If you are ever questioned by police or authorized officials then this may save your bacon.
I know these videos are for US [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Human beings are remarkably limited creatures.
We can only handle a small range of physical enviroments. We die if we are too hot, cold, get too little oxygen or too much carbon monoxide. We can’t see X-rays or radio waves or even infrared or ultraviolet. We can’t hear dog whistles or most geological rumbles.
Heck we can’t [...]
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Self help can often seem very individual and isolated.
However when I say ’self help’ it includes the idea that no man/woman is an island.
If you are reading this then chances are you are in a very priviledged position compared to most of the 6+ billion humans on this planet.
There is an entire world around us [...]
The problem with studying exercise for weight loss is that you can’t really disguise the exercise.
If exercise came in a pill you could do it.
You could get a big group of people and randomly give half the pill with exercise in it, and the other half a dummy, sugar pill that looks, smells, tastes etc [...]
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
There is so much misinformation around about the benefits of exercise, particularly in regard to weight loss.
But let’s use a bit of common sense, shall we?
When we get active ie exercise, we use up energy.
If you don’t eat more calories, then this energy has to come from your body stores ie from fat.
So exercising more [...]
Monday, September 15, 2008
Welcome Readers, old and new … it’s Spring in the Southern Hemisphere!
Time for that famous phrase “spring clean” – making sure things are not just tidied away or half-done, but thoroughly cleaned out ready for summer.
Do you want to lose weight, a little or lots?
Do you want to stop feeling guilty, or ‘out of control’ [...]
One of the biggest aspects of self-help is most certainly safety and it’s opposite, danger.
A huge chunk of psychiatry is taken up with the manifestations of this issue – anxiety, phobias, worry, self-confidence issues, paranoias, anger, violence.
A patient of mine gave me the trememdous gift of introducing me to a man who specializes in helping [...]
One of the most recurring health wisdoms is that you need to drink 8 glasses of water daily.
Also known as the 8×8 (8 glasses of 8 ounces each) or 2 Litres of water daily.
I seems to make sense to so many people, including bottled water sellers, that for many people it is pure common sense.
From [...]