Happy Habit Podcast

In this episode I discuss the story and themes of The Alchemist.  A link to my book : Happy habits >>>>>>  https://t.co/gbhyxL03j5

To achieve anything you have to be relentless. To be relentless you must have a clear goal, be a self-starter, be up for a challenge and more.  My happy habits book is available on amazon now: a.co/d/82CU6KO

Orson Welles, the great actor and director said life should be lived first hand, that is life should be lived by doing, being and creating , rather than by being a voyeur of life and observing other people living their best lives.  In other news my Happy Habits For Mind and Body book will be out in the coming days in soft back, e-book and audio book format all via Amazon, audible and itunes.&...

Knowing your worth as a person involves many factors, everything from living your principles, to self love, to not comparing yourself to others. 

Worrying is something we do habitually without even thinking but bringing awareness to our thoughts in the present moment allows us to engage with living and reduces the potency of our worries. 

Through our internal dialogue, our desire to compare and our fear of failure, we invariably provide obstacles to our own fulfilment, in this episode we talk about how we can remove those obstacles so we can reach our potential.

Saunas have been practiced for generations, they benefit every aspect of our health from our mood to our blood pressure, in this episode we detail why the people of Finland were 4000  years ahead of their time!!

So many diets are simply short term fads and often fail because they don't address the underlying behaviours associated with why we might comfort eat, there is also so much conflicting information out there about what healthy eating is and what may or may not work for the individual. In this episode, I talk with nutritionist Sinead Cloherty . Sinead works with her clients to facilitate behaviour c...

Lets talk about the habits and behaviours of successful people and how if we adopt them we can replicate success in our own lives. 

We are creatures of habit, both bad and good. Atomic habits gives us several laws that if followed will help us demystify habit formation and allow us to tap into cues, and rewards to help us stick with habits that incrementally over the long term can be transformational. 

We spend so much of our lives online and while we're online we are reacting to and being triggered constantly, this is causing us to live on our nerves and be anxious and stressed. 

Wouldn't be it great if life came with an instruction manual. But we can practise daily habits that act as our internal guide or instructions to help us through life, in this episode I detail 6 six we can do daily to keep us on the road to progress. 

Plato's Allegory of the cave is a story about ignorance and the value of education. 

Loneliness is a huge problem, indeed it was even before the lockdowns of the pandemic. We can take a multitude of steps to help alleviate loneliness, some of which i have drawn upon myself, in this episode we discuss what the negative mental and physical effects of loneliness are and some steps we can take to combat loneliness. 

Setting an intention is a powerful and easy way to set out enroute to accomplishing anything, its like a mission statement, it gives you a point ion the distance to focus on and keeps you honest in your application, in this episode we talk about how to set an intention, something which Joe Wicks does all the time.

Humankind has had a relationship with the sea for thousands of years, it has provided us with food and a means of conquering the globe. We can learn life lessons from those who interact with and must learn to respect the sea, sailors. 

In sales there's a psychological technique called the YES SET, which can be used to create a more fertile mind in the customer that will increase the chances of a  sale. We can apply this YES SET mentality to ourselves to help us achieve what we didnt think was possible. 

Life is full of inevitablitities, the sooner we accept these the better for our growth, development, progress, and ultimately for our quality of life. In this episode, I discuss 3 essentials we absolutely must master. 

Reading regularly can be a challenge but it can be such a gift, in thus episode I detail some tips that helped me read a book a week.

What do Bill gates, Oprah and Aristotle have in common? They all had mentors to guide them on their journey. 

Journaling is an ancient practice, but one that allows us to rediscover who we are and why we think the way we do. 

Dave Wottle won the 800 m final at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a great achievement in its own right but the manner in which he won it has become legend. Wottle has become a champion of turning a hopeless cause on its head completely as he has become the embodiment of willpower and mind over matter. 

Starting a podcast was scary and daunting but its been a wildly exciting and fruitful journey. It has satisified my desire to create, and given me a voice, one that has reached listeners in over 130 countries. In this episode, I share tips that will hopefully help and inspire those listeners who have been thinking of embarking on creating their own podcast. 

We all get stuck in a rut at times, in this episode, I discuss my own experience of being stuck in a rut and how I got out of it. 

I talk with Hannah who has a PhD in sport and performance psychology and is the campaign manager for the mental health campaign Tackle your Feelings. We discuss the stigma of mental health and the importance of replacing negative self-talk with compassion and empathy.  www.tackleyourfeelings.com