Personal Development

The more we know about toxins and chemicals the more we realise the affect they have on our health. This is also true of what we call psychological toxins. These are the negative messages that we often use to blame, shame and condemn ourselves. Depending on the people around you and the decisions you made when you were growing up, you may have supportive nurturing internal voices or you may have more destructive, 'toxic' voices.

So is positive grieving possible? This month we have read a few books, which have handled this delicate subject with grace, humour and dignity. Having lost family members as a child, I know only too well the impact it can have on how you perceive life and death and congratulate these authors on dealing with this difficult subject.

It's that time of year again - the evenings are dark, the cold, wet weather is here and last year is a memory. This is when people often make decisions about the future - resolutions to lose weight, to change jobs, to give up chocolate. If you've already fallen off the particular 'wagon' that you set yourself, don't worry.

Why could that be? How did it feel? A dyslexic person might be confronted by this confusion each time they open a book, look at a newspaper headline or try to decipher a menu and, some of those can be pretty confusing for most of us! Confusion is the result of the dyslexic thinking style - but by understanding that style and making it work for you, can mean the dyslexia is no longer a problem.