Many of my clients have been experiencing the same problem. They feel out of control. They mention environmental limitations like the economy, market conditions, staff turnover, global directives, structural changes, client disappointments, and the list goes...

  Abraham Maslow helped us understand that we are motivated by our needs. He also pointed out that in order to actualize our potential, we need to satisfy our lower needs, and then move on our higher needs. You won’t develop if you remain focused on satisfying...

  “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” Proverbs 18:21 Your brain is programmed through language; it encodes thoughts and feelings through words, to create an abstract internal representation of everything that...

From the Gospel of Thomas: “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you don’t bring forth what is within you, what you don’t bring forth will destroy you.”With the above passage, and the rest of this article, I want to highlight...

How do you handle failure and setback? Exactly a year ago I published a book. Among other things, this book is a guide on how to effectively deal with adversity and setback. A core message is that challenges, setbacks, and stressors can be viewed as mountains you need...

The world is experiencing a meaning crisis. Therefore more people are looking to find meaning from their work. We are witnessing a shift from a means-based economy to a meaning-based economy. If you can help fulfill this need, you will help your company become a...

  It’s a new year and most of us have new energy and new enthusiasm to take on new challenges. Millions of people are making New Year’s resolutions, but the odds are stacked against us. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology does not paint a...

What is Eudaimonia and why should it matter to you? In today’s political, social and economic climate, (shall I say the change in climate) it’s worth investigating and understanding everything you can do to take better care or yourself. I have had a fascination with...

Empirical research suggests that having meaning in life protects us against inflammation, disease, and a pre-mature death. This research has demonstrated that if you are happy but have no sense of meaning, you will have similar gene expression patterns as someone who...

This post begins with a tale… Once upon a time there was a man traveling on a long journey in a foreign land. As he was walking, he saw a very long, very high wall. As he approached it he saw a builder and asked him what he was doing. The builder replied and said in a...

Do you ever experience addictive tendencies, loss in motivation, drive, focus, attention, mood fluctuations and even depression?   Understanding motivation comes down to understanding the underlying unconscious processes and first principles that drives behaviour. In...

  Do you feel like the year can just not be over soon enough?   Are you ready to down tools, get out of the city, hit the beach or the bush and just relax? You’re not alone. But before you clutch out - I have a few questions: Why is it that people frequently...

Recently I realized that how I was not taking responsibility for something in my life. I made two investments, some time ago. And I was not giving these investments the time and care that they needed and slowly but surely, they deteriorated over time and are currently...

Our (eco) system is broken There are stark correlations between biology and politics. They are both systems with components and layers that effect and influence one another. I understand that the wellness of a system depends on the health of the individual cells....

Congratulations to me for getting your attention! This is no small feat. In 2020 it is estimated that the average person is exposed to between 6000 and 10 000 communication messages per day! So the competition is sky high… Not only that, but out of doing a million...

You have built in reward circuits that prompt you to start moving and keep moving toward desired outcomes in life. This article will help you understand the neurobiological mechanisms that govern your behaviour and how you can utilize it to your benefit. These...

    The word responsibility is made up of two words: response and ability. This word not only describes your innate ability to respond but also your choice as to how you respond. Victor Frankl said: “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that...

  To remain healthy and thrive in today’s world, you need a robust immune system.   Your immune system is really important and mostly responsible to keep you safe. It has to protect you physically against pathogens like viruses and bacteria, pollution and toxins,...

  The influences    From the time you were in your mother’s womb right up until today there are certain things that have a profound influence on you. Events and experiences, positive and negative that influence how you feel, how you think, your beliefs,...

There is no doubt in my mind that more of us are affected on psychological level than on a physical level. Sure there are victims under physical attack of the virus, those infected, but most of us are under increased psychological attack. Shock at the loss of a job or...

I will just give it to you right away... The key to health and longevity is switching off chronic inflammation. There you go. That really is the answer. Cardiovascular disease (heart attacks, strokes etc), neurodegenerative disease (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s,...

Abraham Maslow wrote, what is still to this day, one of the most recognized theories on human motivation. Maslow proposed we have a hierarchy of needs. He described this as the pattern/sequence that human motivations generally move through. The most fundamental and...

The workplace is a very important social determinant of health. And with health, I am not just referring to the medical aspects. This is where we normally get stuck when thinking of health and wellbeing. We need to view health as a complex adaptive system that...

I’ve lost weight. I’ve kept it off. I have seen and helped others do the same. They used different methods than I have. But one thing was consistent for all. That is the big secret about weight loss... So here it is:   How to lose weight: Sustain a caloric...

Move - stay alive and thrive or don’t move – decay and die   A major problem we all experience today is a sedentary lifestyle. Our lives have been designed around sitting more and moving less. Think about how much time you spend each day sitting down… You are...

Move - stay alive and thrive or don’t move – decay and die Movement is not your right; it’s not even a privilege. It’s your responsibility. A responsibility you owe to yourself. The more you sit, the harder it is to move, the less you move, the sooner you’ll die....

“Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must move faster than the lion or it will not survive. Every morning a lion wakes up and it knows it must move faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter if you are the lion or the...

“He who has a strong enough why can bare almost any how” Viktor Frankl Why am I doing this again? Why am I putting myself through this? I was asking myself this question recently while painstakingly going through notes and files for a project that I am currently...

  Lao Tzu said it best:   “If you are depressed, you are living in the past If you are anxious, you are living in the future If you are at peace, you are living in the present”   I really think there is truth in that. Maybe the order is different to...

Seth Godin speaks of conflict and he describes self-marketing very well. He explains that everything we do that’s important is the result of conflict. Not an external conflict, like between us and the world, but an internal conflict between us and ourselves.   We...

The word Enthusiasm has its root in the Greek language, literally meaning "the God (entheo) inside (iasm)". The etymology of the word thus points at its divine origin. We can therefore say, an enthusiastic person is someone who is inhabited by the spirit of God. It is...