Have you heard of the happiness ‘set-point’? The old theory was that we all have a genetic set-point, where even if we win the lottery, shortly after, we return to the same level of happiness because of our genetic happiness set-point. However, since then, psychologist Martin Seligman proved that happiness is 40% genetic set-point, 10% […]

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‘Stress is an achiever’s word for fear.’  These days, when you’re catching up with a friend, you can almost expect them to either say they are ‘super busy’, or stressed. In our culture, ‘busy’ seems to be considered a good thing, even to the extent where being the most stressed, or burned out has almost […]

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8.30 am: I’m jogging around Diglis, trying to keep up doing the things I love, with Lenny, my 10 month son (running pram, essential). Exhausted from another night of broken sleep, the jog doesn’t last long until I decide to walk and work through some bits on my to-do list whilst he’s sleeping… I call […]

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