On starting my research into the inventions that changed world history, I couldn’t believe so many indispensable things had British origins. Apparently, we keep our achievements to ourselves. According to Japanese research, more than forty percent of inventions in the last 50 years have been British ones. That’s quite an astonishing boast for a small island with a (relatively) small population. Some of…
In today’s world of information overload, we can forgive you for suspecting that the phenomenon of “earthing” doesn’t have any scientific basis. However, you may be surprised to hear that research conducted by a group of medical professionals into the benefits of earthing has yielded interesting results. The earthing benefits we have been hearing about for so long from the margins of society…
If you’re feeling lost in life, you’re not alone, especially if you belong to the younger generation. More than ever people are disconnected from reality and caught up in a fantasy world where everything appears perfect. Everybody seems happy, everybody seems to be living their dream, to be successful, to be making money and to be having fun while they do it. The…
You might be overly attached to your past, and you might not even be aware of it. Have you ever had that feeling that there’s something going consistently wrong with your life and that you just can’t seem to get it right? 1. You keep making the same mistakes. Do you ever get a Déjà vu feeling about your experiences in life? If…
There come times our lives when everything seems to go wrong. Suddenly, your world is crumbling around you and you’ve nowhere to turn. It’s important, when you feel that everything is falling apart in your life, to sit back and take stock. Take advantage of this time of crisis to gain perspective on what’s really important to you. When everything goes wrong for…
Fear of commitment is a common phobia, and even those who are comfortable with making some commitments in their lives don't do so lightly. Before we talk about the fear of commitment, let's give a definition of the word "commitment" first. It means a pledge, and something binding you to a particular path of action. It therefore inevitably reduces your field of possibilities.…
I’d like to preface this article by briefly pointing out what I mean by being real. Being real is not the same thing as being cruel or malicious. Criticizing people, insulting them, and pointing out their failures for sport is not being real, it's being abusive. Being real is about taking the time and making the effort to be genuine with people, and…
Toxic love, when it really comes down to it, is any love affair that makes you feel in some way bad or uncomfortable. We could describe any love affair in which anxiety and pain are more common a feature than contentment and pleasure as toxic. It’s common for people to blame others for being toxic individuals when in every relationship there are two people…
Brutal truths are the hardest truths to face. But facing them and ceasing to live under illusions are not only acts of self-liberation, but ones that empower you to be a better person. There are some brutal truths about life that most people choose to neglect because they make them feel uncomfortable. What about you, do you choose to ignore or to face…
Failed relationships can be extremely painful experiences, and it can seem that, in having them, we waste time on something that in the end seems to have been futile and pointless. But frustration brings growth, and crisis transformation. Failed relationships have a lot to contribute to our personal growth if we’re only willing to be conscious of the parts of ourselves that they…