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Apr 24, 2022

The antidote to loneliness

Loneliness. It’s a feeling that we experience every now and then — for everyone who does feel this right now reading this, I just want to let you know, you are not alone. For whatever reason and whatever situation you are in, this is a hard feeling to shake off…

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Jan 24, 2021

The industry of hope

Supplements — an industry that sells hope. I used to be a supplements guy. I liked to buy supplements with the belief that buying supplements could help and improve my health. I don’t think I am alone on this — the supplement market is a $123.28 billion industry (according to…

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Jan 10, 2021

Life’s secret herbs and spices

What is the recipe for wellness? What can we do then to elevate our baseline happiness on a day to day basis? Before delving into the detail though, I want to give a little summary of what I think is the key to wellness. By executing on strategies such that…

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Oct 2, 2020

The habit building framework

How to effectively build and sustain habits in your life? New years resolutions. When was the last time you made a new years resolution and actually stuck to it? I have to be honest in saying that I have never done so. Let me set the scene. You have motivation…

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The habit building framework
The habit building framework

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Jun 21, 2020

Baseline happiness and addiction — why we’re all addicted without even realising it

My previous blog post mentioned baseline happiness. I wanted to delve deeper into this to help people understand what I mean when I say that how much of the activities that we do on a day to day basis causes a drop in baseline happiness, and makes it hard for…

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Jun 14, 2020

Hitting the 30 mark

The sense of hitting the big 3–0. It dawned on me just overnight in my dream, and then I felt a little bit of stress and anxiety knowing that I had now reached what may be a half century mark in my life. Waking up today, I had flashbacks to…

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May 9, 2020

What I’ve learnt from my time in Covid-19 lockdown

Covid-19 will be another black swan event featured in history books and talked about for many years to come. Aside from the devastating effects this virus has had on society, the virus has also changed our behaviours going forward. …

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What I’ve learnt from my time in Covid-19 lockdown
What I’ve learnt from my time in Covid-19 lockdown

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Apr 5, 2020

Neurochemistry

If we look to all of the successful people in the world i.e. the Gordon Ramsays, the Bill Gates etc, the difference between them and any other individual is that they are to perform consistently at a high level. …

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Neurochemistry
Neurochemistry

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Mar 20, 2020

The power of hitting rock bottom

Black swan events — I want to keep this feeling that I have now. The feeling of hitting rock bottom, of having nothing to lose. This sort of feeling has helped me to seek clarity like nothing else has before. It has helped me to realise that money doesn’t mean anything, that relationships, family…

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The power of hitting rock bottom
The power of hitting rock bottom

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Feb 20, 2020

One year on

It has been approximately one year since my last post. There has been a lot that I’ve learnt about health, so I think it is timely to provide an update. Before I begin, I should say that I am not a medical professional and anything I say should be taken…

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