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Tips on Helping Someone Deal With Loneliness

Do you know the 1966 Beatles song, ‘Eleanor Rigby’? Part of the song goes, ‘All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong?’ Or, have you ever thought about the words to the Ralph McTell ballad, ‘Streets of London’?: ‘So how can you tell me
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How to Become Highly Influential

What does your work mean to you? Do you go to work just to pay the bills, or is it a place that inspires and interests you? Do you go to work because you have to and the best part of your day is gossiping with colleagues? Or do you go to work because you
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How To Better Manage Our Emotions

I really don’t like hearing stories of road rage. I dislike that people think they can behave like thugs because someone cut them off or blew their horn. Why can’t these people control their anger? Instead they lash out at someone they don’t even know. Can you control your emotions? Are there some emotions you
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The Keys to Becoming More Decisive

Have you ever read the play, Hamlet, by Shakespeare? They made me read it as school. Hamlet was a Danish Prince and the man who asked, “To be or not to be, that is the question.” As a matter of fact, Hamlet asked a great many more questions than that. Hamlet spends most of the
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Does Self-Development Equal Self-Obsession

Does Self-Development Equal Self-Obsession?

A journalist, Marianne Power, recently wrote a book about her year on self-help programs. She tried several different self-development methods. This is what The Spectator newspaper said about her book: What sets Marianne Power apart, and makes her book an entertaining read, is the energy she brings to the project: one book a month, from Feel
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How to Find Balance in Your Life

How to Find Balance in Your Life

I have a neighbour who originally hails from a sheep farm in western Victoria. He went home recently because it’s spring, and the time of year when his parents shear the sheep. Ahead of shearing his parents need to move a thousand sheep from outlying paddocks to the land around the shearing shed, where the
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Tips for Getting Work Colleagues to Listen to You

Tips for Getting Work Colleagues to Listen to You

In the last blog I looked at ways to get family members and friends to listen to you, especially when you have an important message to deliver. In this blog I want to explore how to get the attention of work colleagues and get them to listen to your input. Here are some tips. Less
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How to Get Someone You Care About to Listen

How to Get Someone You Care About to Listen

Do you remember that old Pseudo Echo song from 1984, ‘Listening’. The lyrics remind me of a couple bickering. The words go, “I say, you say, weren’t you listening, Now it’s too late You’re not listening.” When you think about it, it’s a funny song because two people say in unison “Weren’t you listening?” That
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A Challenge For You – Stop Complaining For One Month

A Challenge For You – Stop Complaining For One Month

Have you heard of Dry July? The idea is to give up alcohol for one month. Well, I have a challenge for you. No complaining month! Complaining is essentially a form of negative thinking. We are focussing on what is wrong rather than what is right. Negative thinking or complaining kills our enthusiasm and motivation.
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Is it Possible to Increase Our Charisma

Is it Possible to Increase Our Charisma?

A friend of mine recently met the great Australian author Tim Winton. Winton is no oil painting. He is just an ordinary looking guy, but my friend said when she got to the front of a book signing queue and actually met him something strange happened. His entire focus seemed to be on her. His
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Can exercise, diet and therapy help treat depression

Can exercise, diet and therapy help treat depression?

In my last blog I looked at whether natural supplements like St John’s wort can help in the treatment of depression. Today I want to explore whether exercise, diet and therapy help treat depression. However, I first want to remind you that depression is a serious illness. It is life-threatening, like cancer. If you have
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What is depression and can you combat it naturally

What is depression and can you combat it naturally?

Depression is so much more than just feeling down or flat. Depression is a serious mental health condition that affects both your physical and mental health. The researchers cannot agree on what causes depression, but it is linked to a number of factors. According to the Beyond Blue website, “Depression usually results from a combination of
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