You Are Curious
Curiosity killed the cat, so they say. But I’ll tell you what will kill you even faster, and...
Read MoreStage 1 - You Are Beautiful is all about is realising that you are amazing even before you've done a single thing. Even before you bring anyone else into it and start worrying about whether people will like you or if you're any good at anything... you are alive. You are alive and valuable and complicated and stunning and you have a whole lot going for you. During this stage, the main goal is to get really secure in yourself, so that when we start to think about how other people see you, you already know that no matter what, you're pretty great.
Curiosity killed the cat, so they say. But I’ll tell you what will kill you even faster, and...
Read MoreEvery now and then, when my daughter Sophie is sad, I point into the mirror and say, “It looks...
Read MoreIt’s very unlikely that you got to where you are now by being completely abandoned, raised by...
Read MoreSome days, you might feel like nothing’s going right and that you may as well not exist....
Read MoreWhoever you are, you are actually from a long tradition of noble people. Human beings who pressed...
Read More“No matter where you go, there you are.” Your life, as it is at the moment, involves you being...
Read MoreI wonder if everyone sometimes feels like they’re not like everyone else. Belonging is such...
Read MoreApparently a child laughs on average 300 times a day, compared with an adult’s 5. As we’ve...
Read MoreIn a world full of more than 7 billion people, where most of us are connected digitally to...
Read MoreWhen you look at all the things that are going on in your body and mind, it’s no wonder that...
Read MoreThis one could have been called You Are A Geek. Everyone has something that they love and know so...
Read MoreWe’ve all heard it before. Eat healthily, don’t eat bad things, too much sugar or fat or alcohol...
Read MoreYou are the only one of you. Nobody knows what it’s like to be you. Nobody else can feel...
Read MoreDeep down, most of us want our lives to count in some way. We yearn for significance and...
Read MoreOne of the most basic human desires is to fit in. We want to be unique but also belong. And we...
Read MoreWhether your parents are/were the kind of parents that you would want to be like or not, the fact...
Read MoreYou are alive right now. Everything that came before this moment has already happened. Can you...
Read MoreFor as long as there have been people around to think about this stuff, human beings have tried to...
Read MoreAn old man said to his grandson, “Boy, I have two tigers caged within me. One is love and...
Read MoreYou are free. If you are reading this blog, you have a degree of freedom that means that you can...
Read MoreWhile you’re learning about how amazing you are, and how there’s almost nothing you...
Read MoreYou probably already noticed that I have a habit of comparing people to babies. I think sometimes...
Read MoreHave you ever thought about your body? That should be a pretty silly question. In a lot of ways,...
Read MoreOne of the biggest hang-ups people have about themselves is what they look like. I can understand...
Read MoreIt’s a great relief to me that every day, you get to choose an entirely new path if you want...
Read MoreSorry, but this train terminates at Grand Central Station. You’re not going any further than...
Read MoreIf you’re like most people, there will be occasions when you just can’t see how you...
Read MoreYes, you are a miracle, you are amazing and you are able to take charge of your actions to build...
Read MoreLet me set this one thing straight. Even if your parents didn’t plan you, that doesn’t...
Read MoreBelieve it or not, you are actually pretty normal. Actually, normal is such a strange word, and I...
Read MoreIf you’ve read this far, you’re probably alive. Isn’t that amazing? You woke up...
Read More(Originally written in Jan 2016) I have a great excuse for not posting yet this year: we’ve...
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