The things we talk about in this book are all aimed at helping us to perform better. Mindfulness is one of the tools we can use to do this. We have alluded elsewhere that there are different forms of mindfulness, and different therapies and schools of thought that tend to…
Category: Psychology & Self-Help
From CHAPTER FIVE: THE CRIPPLING BAGGAGE OF ANGER AND RESENTMENT IN DIVORCE
By Caroline Buchanan, the best-selling author of the book Forgiveness & Divorce This forgiveness stuff is all very well for someone else, you might be thinking, but surely it cannot be this simple? Do you feel it’s different for you? You cannot possibly forgive that person for what they did…
Living with Chronic Pain
PROLOGUE The wound is the place where the light enters you. Rumi I thought that I had finished this book, but then something happened in my life that led me to write this prologue. The week that I finished the first draft of the book, I developed sciatica. Initially, it…
Chronic Pain Management, Mindfulness, and Activity
Taken from Chapter 1 of Master Your Chronic Pain by Dr Nicola Sherlock - a leading specialist in pain management for more than 20 years. Turning Up and Down the Chronic Pain Volume Dial Scientists can be heard saying that ‘our nervous system is plastic’, by which they mean that…
ACT: Reason Giving and Uncoupling
An excerpt from: ACT term: ‘Reason Giving’ Earlier in this book, we talked about fusion with your thoughts. The more you fuse with a particular thought, the more influence it might have on your behaviours. Take any of the examples previously given; an individual who is highly fused with the…
Forgiveness and Divorce
An excerpt from: CHAPTER ONE: FORGIVENESS WITH THE 15-MINUTE RULE Congratulations. In opening this book, you have made a wise decision and opened the door to a much happier life. You are about to get in touch with the life-changing force of forgiveness – the mindful, deliberate act of releasing…
What is ACT? (Acceptance and Commitment Training/Therapy)
An excerpt from the practical, new book on ACT in Sport[click the cover to learn more] * What is ACT? If you are ‘doing ACT’, it will look and often feel very different to other psychological approaches. Instead of trying to control your thoughts, ACT will suggest you don’t. Instead…
Getting Motivated Towards You
Taken from Chapter 1 of Finding Your Way Back to YOU: A self-help book for women who want to regain their Mojo and realise their dreams! Click on the cover to learn more. * In this chapter we will begin the first steps of your journey towards finding your way…
Finding Your Way Back to You – Audiobook
Finding Your Way Back to YOU: A self-help book for women who want to regain their Mojo and realise their dreams! is available in audiobook format. Introduction Chapter 1 – Getting Motivated Towards YOU Chapter 2 – Getting Rid of the Old Stuff Chapter 3 – Reality Check, where are…
Forgiveness at Easter
As we near Easter 2020, and the world reels from a pandemic that no-one in our lifetime has seen, calls for kindness, generosity and forgiveness have rung out across the globe. If this is not the time to show the positive side to humanity, when will it be? Forgiveness is…