“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.” Bertrand Russell,Kilimanjaro, Tanzania The outstanding legacy of Christopher Peterson, PhD, includes an article entitled “A Quiet Positive...
This title is a well known statement in the personal development industry. It may not seem particularly profound at first glance, but it’s BIG when you wrap your head around it. We are always asking questions, sometimes of others and very often of ourselves. These...
Building on my last article, I want to again address the charges often placed on Positive Psychology that it is often criticised for focusing on happiness and well-being while ignoring the multitude of negative experiences and emotions that we frequently face. This is...
Clarity is …. evolving Since 2014, I’ve been writing a reflection of what clarity means to different people at different times. Many of our former and contemporary professionals also use clarity, or clarifying as a wheelhouse tool to prove a point, share their...
In recent conversations I have been struck by the number of times people have referred to the opinions of others as a guide to what their own behaviour should be. For example, ‘I don’t want to ask that, others will think…’, ‘If others are eating/not eating that then I...
Clarity is … easier My Tuesday’s have turned into the craziest, busiest days of the week. I completely forgot that yesterday was Tuesday! It was, in my brain, Monday. Not everyone has a M-F 9-5. As a matter of fact, there are millions of people in our...
Clarity is … courtesy “It is good to toil for others’ sake, and happy is he who learns to make the joy of others – cure his own heart ache.” ~ Dr. Norah Perkins, Sunshine and Shadows, 1917 My most cherished possession is now a little book, self published by a...
Clarity is … listening Have you ever heard what isn’t being said? Have you ever listened to the non-verbal communication while in a conversation? Have you ever never heard back from someone, only to spend long periods of time wondering why they never responded?...
Clarity is… transformative. “Just like the butterfly, I too will awaken in my own time.” ~ Unknown There comes a time in our lives when change is necessary. We can’t always control when transformation is going to happen. Marriage is almost always a...
We’ve all been hurt by someone at some point in life. Were you able to forgive the people who hurt you? Some people hold the belief that certain people and experiences are totally unforgivable, some hurts and violations run so deep that they are terribly difficult...