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Is it harder for you to acknowledge what you do well? You're not alone. This episode takes a technique used by Kristen Neff, a leading expert on compassion, to help make it easier for you to see your own strengths.

This episode was inspired by Jonathan Haidt's The Happiness Hypothesis in particular the work on wisdom by Robert Sternberg. Listen to find out how you can respond to situations more wisely.

Dan Gilbert is a social psychologists and his research has shown that most of us mis-predict our potential. In this episode I explain what that means for us and how we can use it to our advantage.

This episode we take a look at our purpose and how trying to "find" it might not be the best way to get it. For more information you can read the full article on my website emmacrook.com or on my substack emma crook.

When do you keep going and when do you call it a day? Listen to this episode to find how to answer this question.

This episode looks at an idea suggested by Dr Simran Jeet Singh which can help us to match up how we spend our time with our priorities. Enjoy.

We could make things a lot more easier on ourselves and others and, as a bonus, improve our performance if we could learn to effectively manage our expectations. This episode explores why.

This episode was a little off the cuff but it encapsulates most of what I wanted to say. I may elaborate more on this subject as the weeks roll on.

There's a difference between distraction and interruption but both are harmful for your attention. Find out how to replenish your attention and why it is important reduce distraction and interruptions.

We can't avoid discomfort but there are things we can do to make it less stressful and/or that we can handle it. Listen to find out how. The tip for this episode came from a webinar I attended by Rebecca Heiss a few years ago.

Our first ever guest and what a guest!!! Sarah Acton, career and leadership coach, shares with us a great tip on creative inhaling and exhaling. Spoiler alert, it isn't about breathing. It is about, attention, processing, pausing, producing and finding you balance within that. And all of this in 10 minutes, I know, I told you she was good. www.sarahacton.com

This episode we revisit habits and explore how to make changing your habits easier...not easy but one that requires less effort and willpower than the harder option.

Starting off September with an exploration into the ideal conditions for fruitful mind wandering.

In this episode I share something with you and encourage you to do the same. Why? Well you´ll just have to listen.

In this episode we take a different approach to time management. There are no tools and techniques in this one just an alternative perspective. To find out more read Oliver Burkeman's book "Four thousand weeks - Time and how to use it."

In this podcast we take a look into the world of mini habits and how to use them to build consistency. If you are interested in finding out more about habits then you might what to look up James Garrett and James Clear.

Here are some tips on how to loosen perfections hold on you. The fifth question is my favourite.

It would be great if more of us helped but it would be better if the help we offered was wanted, needed and useful. Here's how to ensure that...

In this episode I push the limits of your attention as we nearly hit 10 minutes. We learn more about attention; it's power, it's fragility and what we can do about it. There are great resources from where I have drawn on: The Distracted Mind by Adam Gazzaley and Larry D Rosen Mindsight by Daniel J Siegel Driven To Distraction At Work by Edward M Hallowell The Procrastination Puzzle by Timo...

Who do you trust? This episode explains the four components essential for trust to exist according to Charles Feltman.

Are you trustworthy? This episode we look at why trust is important and what two questions you can ask yourself to improve your trust rating. Source: Charles Feltman´s "The Thin Book of Trust"

This episode is all about how to preserve your energy. We look at a simple technique, that you probably are familiar with, which if implemented and adhered to impacts positively on your mood, motivation and productivity.

This episode we discover what people are really thinking about us and how this impacts on our behaviour, decisions and mood. I recorded this outside as that when the inspiration hit so the sound quality is a little different from normal.

This episode takes a seek peek at how to increase your happiness by avoiding something we probably all do. It is a piece of advice taken from the book by Arthur C. Brook and Oprah Winfrey called "Build The Life You Want".

This is a highly useful muscle to develop and continue to flex. Children are masters at it. Find out how you can become more cognitively flexible.