brain

escape stuck and helpless

Stop feeling stuck and helpless

You’re still working at 9pm. The kids went to bed hours ago, without interrupting you. You feel trapped and helpless against a relentless barrage of demands. You Inbox is bursting with unread and unanswered messages. You’ve almost stopped caring. Too bleary to sleep at night, you turn work problems over and over in your mind. …

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mind

10 tips on mind maintenance for men

OK gents, let’s talk about caring for that other organ – the marvellous complex irreplaceable instrument you have in your head – your brain. Not a popular topic with blokes. But here goes… If you have a brain, it helps to maintain it. Shit can go wrong if you don’t. Your life can become a …

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stress-relief

Stress relief: The only bad days are… days when I can’t prevail over human nature

My brain hates me I’m looking for stress relief when it feels like my brain’s attacking me on bad days. It picks on me all day, finding reasons to tell me I’m no good, can never be any good. Don’t do it like that. People will never like you if… (that’s a great way to …

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