TRANSCRIPT OF VIDEO I was a depressed kid and so when I was eleven I decided to end it all. Don’t worry I didn’t do it. As I grew older I realized that happiness was not an inborn trait it was a state, something I could develop. One of the keys to doing that is...

Transcript When I studied Psychology the focus was on repairing broken minds rather than unlocking growth and potential. We had a whole textbook called Psychopathology on the diseases of the mind. One of the chapters was on PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. These...

"The reason why we get ourselves into trouble is that we spend what we don’t have to buy what we don’t’ need, to impress people we don’t even like." - Don Watney My first job was delivering newspapers when I was ten years old. I was such a compulsive saver I still...

I went partying on Saturday night. I wasn't really in the mood. I was feeling a bit flat and self-conscious. Until the drugs kicked in. Caffeine and alcohol. Red Bull and Vodka. Suddenly I was in the zone, brimming with confidence, bubbling with vitality, speaking...

My mother is a bit of a health nut. When we were growing up we weren’t allowed sugar. Except at parties. I’d generally treat those like a Roman orgy. I’d eat until I vomited and if no one was looking I’d start again. Hopefully your kids are nothing like I was but...

"History is fast becoming Herstory." Justin Cohen WHY I’M THINKING OF HAVING A SEX CHANGE As we celebrate women’s day this month in South Africa I found myself wondering what all the fuss was about. Women aren’t another species, like the endangered African Grey...

Transcript of video When I was a kid I heard about the power of visualization. What I wanted more than anything was a tape-to-tape cassette recorder So I visualized it until I was blue in the face.  And then it magically appeared. Well in my head but nowhere else. I...

  Can you catch obesity? (Transcript) I remember the first time I saw a friend wearing skinny jeans. To be honest I thought they were ridiculous. And yet within a few years I had caught the skinny jeans virus. Many of us catch fashion trends but it is it possible...

I have a confession. I’ve been teaching and practicing positivity for fifteen years but sometimes I feel like a grumpy fart has taken residence in my head. You know that grouch in your head that’s always griping about something? And so this week I want to get to the...