Good Stress & Bad Stress
Muscles are weird, depending on how you look at it. If you don’t use them, they shrink in a process called atrophy. However, if we stress them, they get…Read more
Why So Serious? Laughter is Medicine
Everyone can look back and reminisce about when they were kids. Everything was so much simpler then. We had very little to stress about…Read more
What Do We Live For?
Since we were children growing up, we have been programmed to follow the track of this world. As children, it is simple to us; we study, do our homework…Read more
Step Up and Away!
Step Up & Away! MINDSET EDUCATION | AUGUST 24, 2018 Everything our senses perceive for too long is eventually normalized – that’s a human thing. When we drive in a car you may notice we gradually stop hearing the sound of the engine; our brain treats it as background noise and it becomes “normal.” If […]
Half Empty?
It always starts with who we think we are: that determines what we attempt and what we walk away from. If we are about to start a 100-metre race but we notice that the line up with Usain Bolt…Read more
Redefining ‘Me’
It always starts with who we think we are: that determines what we attempt and what we walk away from. If we are about to start a 100-metre race but we notice that the line up with Usain Bolt…Read more
The Hero Within
A famous author once said, “Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.” What determines whether we are called a hero or a coward is what we do when faced with a challenge. The starting point is the same, so we are all scared and we all worry. What makes the difference is what we do next….Read more
Living Beyond the Ordinary
What do we live for? Animals are physically not different from us, they are born and have stress, have families and then die. Human beings are supposed to be different, we are supposed to leave an imprint on the world. There should be some meaning to our lives and some way that we lived above a normal animal-like existence. If not, we are just like a dead fish, being swept around by circumstances and never pushing back…Read more
Anger is Normal, Rage Isn’t
There is a big difference between anger and rage. Anger is normal and expected, rage, however, is uncontrolled anger and often results in violence. It is a mystery why something will anger one person and not another. Some people conclude that they have a short fuse so they get upset for almost anything. That explanation may sound reasonable, but there is another explanation….Read more
It’s Not That Complicated
When we look at the general state of our youth, the future seems bleak. We do have some focused young people, but they are in the minority. Many teachers will tell you that young people nowadays don’t want to learn. The most significant struggle in the classroom is getting them to focus; learning material is the least of their challenges. Not only schools, but many parents will say, apart from their child, the future looks uncertain…Read more
