All too often, we waste time and energy focusing on all the past events, that have usually gone wrong. Or we tie ourselves up in knots about the future that we cannot predict. “Yesterday is not ours to recover but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.” - Lyndon B. Johnson.

We are architects of our own experiences, our own neurophysiology, (which is just a fancy name for mind and body, and you can add soul to this if you like) and we are not at the whim of our environment, other people’s behaviours, or any other external factor.

How do you recover from losing your mojo, your oomph, your motivation?

For many of us, when we experience pain in our bodies, it’s easy to assume there’s something wrong—either a mechanical issue, a medical condition, or an injury that needs treatment. And, for many, that assumption is accurate. In those cases, seeking out medical help as soon as possible is essential. It allows us to tap into the body’s natural healing abilities and get back to feeling like ourselves.

The lies that social anxiety tells you

Mother Teresa once said, “We cannot do great things on this earth, only small things with great love.”

Random acts of kindness involve a selfless act that benefits another person or animal, and although the act itself is selfless, the benefit is also self-fulfilling.

Finding the right therapist or coach can be a daunting task, here are some insights as to what you should be looking for and some questions to ask.

If you have ever experienced a relationship in which you are not allowed to be yourself, your opinions, desires, wants and needs are undervalued, dismissed or negated and you are made to feel the one who is always wrong, then you will know that it takes a lot to recover.

Sometimes there is no better description for it than ‘I feel stuck’

There is not a particular problem that is worse than the other, there is no ‘one thing’ that you can put your finger on to describe how you feel. You cannot see a way out of it, you’ve tried many things, and nothing seems to work.

I would happily spend all my earnings on my family, yet wouldn't pay for anything for myself unless it was absolutely necessary to the point I could stand it no longer