Using Self-Control: Eating Well Is Within Your Power

Using Self-Control: Eating Well Is Within Your Power

We have to eat – that’s something over which we have no control. Our bodies need fuel to function and we must eat in order to survive. But while we can’t control the need to eat, we can control what we eat. Practicing self-control when it comes to eating comes much...
Self-Definition: Creating New Habits

Self-Definition: Creating New Habits

Habits account for almost half our behaviours on any given day. So many things that feel like decisions, actually aren’t. Behaviour is a complicated thing. It starts in the area of our brains right behind our forehead, known as the prefrontal cortex. This is where our...
Self-Definition: Breaking Bad Habits

Self-Definition: Breaking Bad Habits

Nail biting, knuckle cracking, compulsive smartphone checking, constant throat clearing…we’ve all got one, or probably several, bad habits, that we’ve had for so long we’re probably not even that aware that we have them anymore. But bad habits are exactly what they...
Facets Of Inner Beauty – Self-Care

Facets Of Inner Beauty – Self-Care

Have you ever wondered why, in the safety videos they show you on aeroplanes as you’re getting ready for take-off, they always ask you, in the event of oxygen masks being deployed from the panel above, to please ensure you secure your own mask first, and then help...