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It seems to be a commonly held belief that our genetic makeup has an almost unshakable hold over the destiny of our health, and that any other interventions or changes we make in life are merely superficial

Having suffered from a chronic illness (chronic fatigue syndrome) for 15 years I am well aware of the restriction and emotional turmoil it can wreak on life, however in the process of recovering I found

Meditation and its possible benefits seem to have been gaining more and more attention in recent years. From once being a purely eastern religious/spiritual practice, it made its way into western alternative

If you are interested in personal or spiritual growth, then I’m sure you are familiar with self-love as a concept. I hear a lot of spiritual teachers and Youtubers talking about how much learning to love

I’m sure most of you are aware of the phenomenon known as the Placebo Effect which has been a subject of some note in the medical world in recent times. To briefly summarize, the most classic example of

We have all seen or experienced first hand, the good intentions of a New Year’s resolution, only to last a matter of weeks or even days as our old ways creep back in and “ruin” our well meaning motives.

It can be easy to get frustrated at the endless advertisements and marketing campaigns that bombard us over the Christmas period. I am from England, where the religious element of Christmas has very little

I see so many people trying to lose weight and either not succeeding, or losing some weight but not as much as they wanted to, or losing a lot of weight, but then spending all their time worrying it will

What is left/right brain? They are two ends of a spectrum which relates to how people make decisions in life: LEFT BRAIN CHARACTERISTICS Logical Analytical Fact-based Scientifically minded Meticulous planners

It’s all too easy to become frustrated and disillusioned with the sad world affairs that we are all exposed to these days through modern media. I see a lot of people struggling with the injustices and

There is understandably a lot of excitement around cryptocurrency at the moment and its potential to transform the financial world. Most of the content on the subject however, seems to be focused on how

As a highly sensitive person myself, I understand all too well how challenging it can be to deal with in the stimulating, emotionally charged world that we find ourselves in today. Overwhelm and anxiety

When you really examine your own, or somebody else’s motivation for believing something, you will eventually come to a fear that is driving the belief. Fear is what is holding us back in life, and belief

Ever since I was young, I never really understood what people meant by being in love. It was always described as this wonderful thing that we should all be aspiring to “get”. But from what I could see,

If you have read my blog post “Why love is the only way to save the world” you would have heard me talk about fear and how it relates to the current state of the world and our own personal suffering. I

Hello, this is my first post here, so I would just like to briefly introduce myself by saying that I like to write about the things I have learned in life that have helped me understand myself and the