Tag: Andrew McDonald

You know you need to exercise. Doctors tell us so, as does the media, nutritionists, friends, acquaintances, peers, and our families. The idea sounds good...

For every negative, there’s a positive. Most of us hated lockdown and living restricted lives for long periods wasn’t something we welcomed. It was necessary,...

A while ago I suggested you acted on what you can control and didn’t fret about what you can’t. When it comes to family budgeting,...

School’s over for the summer. Kids will be at home for three months and, if you’re a parent, your anxiety levels are probably soaring...

‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me'. So states the children’s nursery rhyme, familiar to most of us...

Listen to country music: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Dolly Parton could make you live longer! Cardiovascular experts found country music affects listeners’ bodies by...

Of all body pains, there’s nothing quite like a toothache. Maybe it’s that your mouth is so close to your brain that an oral...

Pets reduce anxiety. Studies have shown that playing with animals, even just for five minutes, helps fight stress hormones. This makes having a pet, particularly...

Alcoholism leaves a trail of destruction wherever it appears. It devastates the health and wellbeing of sufferers and tears apart their relationships. Furthermore, it is...

Mindfulness makes the workplace a more productive environment for both employees and employers. Once simply a Buddhist practice firmly rooted in the East, mindfulness has...

Your mind, like your body, needs exercise. Working it helps it stay fit and healthy. Reading is one activity which stimulates mental activity, keeping...

You have two major parts of your mind. The conscious and the subconscious. The first is responsible for all the things you do deliberately, the...

Two years of limited socialising, or none at all, left scars. We’re out of practice in the art of being around others. Navigating inevitable bumps...

We all experience bad luck. Events do, however, also take favourable turns for us. A problem many people have is the enjoyment of these occasions...

Easter; annual festival when children, and some adults, gorge on sweet things. Also, the part of the Christian year commemorating Jesus of Nazareth’s crucifixion and...

Thinking is both a blessing and a curse. Properly harnessed, wonderful creativity emerges. Allowed to run free, it frets over the uncontrollable, big questions...

Living costs are rising fast and predictions are they will worsen over coming months. This is, at least for the individual, uncontrollable. You can choose...

Cultural differences are plentiful between West and East. Some things are better here, others there and a myriad of nuances exist which are neither...

The sadness of a loved one’s passing is an unwelcome visitor for all of us at one time or another. The cycle of life dictates...

In every negative, there is a positive. For many people the plus point of covid lockdown and restrictions was being able to work from...

Hypnotherapy works with your sub-conscious mind! That’s precisely why it is such a powerful tool in changing your habits and lifestyle. It quite literally has...

How is your resolution for 2022 coming along? Many of us make promises to ourselves for the New Year. Few of us keep them...

Believe it or not, there are easier ways to learn a language than the rotelike repetition of stock phrases in your chosen lingua. An activity...

It’s January, it’s cold, Christmas is over, lights in people’s windows which brightened darker nights are gone, bank balances have probably taken a hit...

Let’s face it, though popping pills like they’re sweets isn’t a good idea, there are times when painkillers are necessary. Some people are so good...

Sometimes you hear people complaining about the “nanny state” when it comes to medication. Somebody can’t get a pill for this or that and instantly...

Yuletide is a time of indulgence. The one period of the year where everyone, or so it seems, expects and is expected to eat,...

Hypnotherapy is powerful. Don’t take my word for it, research it online for yourself. There is a huge amount of good scientific evidence to...

Among the therapies which have been around a long time but are suddenly gaining popularity, hypnotherapy is perhaps one of the misunderstood. As soon as...

Christmas, the time of year we are all supposed to love. If we don’t, or at least if we reveal it, we’re likely to...