Here's where I post what I write. Some may be useful. Some even entertaining. And if we're lucky, it's both.
I've always spent time on my own.
Probably too much at times.
Some is needed.
But too much disconnection is rarely good.
We need to interact as human beings.
To feel connected and..significant, in a way. Like we matter to each other.
"I just LOVE IT when they do that!" you once said about that now-really-annoying thing your partner does. Probably around the honeymoon period.
So what changed?
Read MoreWe all love a personality test, don't we? "Tell me who I am!" your inner voice screams. The need to understand ourselves - and what it means - seems so ingrained.
Exciting new research shows how the already-known 'Big 5' personality traits are commonly expressed together. Based on the interplay of questionnaire answers, the study categorises people into four new personality types.
Read MoreDo you enjoy smoking? Or still trying to quit?
I smoked a lot in my late-teens. I told everyone I loved it. I believed it. But it wasn't true.
A few years on, it was normal for my friends to ask, "are you smoking at the moment?". It was a running joke. Because I'd quit cold-turkey for a few weeks, then quickly be back chain-smoking in the pub garden. Like a human yo-yo.
But why?
Read MoreDo you struggle with sleep? Too little or too much, maybe always feeling somewhat tired?
I used to chronically procrastinate sleep. Eventually I discovered a belief "going to bed early = less time to do stuff = not good enough". And I've found this kind of miscalculation quite common.
Read MoreDo you ever feel like what you're doing just isn't enough?
Exercise is good for you. Everyone knows. Turns out, you can over-do it though.
Read MoreHave you ever believed you couldn't do something even though others can?
I jumped out of a plane recently.
I knew I'd be strapped to an experienced instructor. That they'd have a parachute. I knew, consciously, I'd be safe. And that it'd likely be an amazing experience.
I was still fucking terrified.
Read MoreDo you ever just feel like you're not getting anywhere? Like you make plans, but then they just don't happen?
I've had two weeks of that.
Read MoreI love early mornings now.
Lucky, really. As I have little choice this weekend, sitting here on the train to LDN, enroute to the third module of my Master Practitoner training. (I'll be a certified NLP Ninja come November).
I'd love to tell you that last night was the sensible, textbook choice. Where I cut short what I was doing. Left early. Made space for a full recharge.
It wasn't though.
Things have been getting busier for me in the Cognitive Hypnotherapy and Coaching in sunny Leighton Buzzard. So it was the sensible decision to take the final leap. But it was one I both wanted and didn't want to make. Why was I so conflicted?
Read MoreDavid Bird Cognitive Hypnotherapy & Coaching in Leighton Buzzard.
David Bird
Coach, Counsellor & Cognitive Hypnotherapist
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