Here it is, my last ever A Daring Adventure blog post. And I never even mention Donald Trump.

A client asked me a question the other day. It’s one which I’ve been asked scores of times over the years, albeit it usually by people interviewing me. ‘What is the difference between values and goals?’ I usually go into a rather long-winded answer about values being internal and what defines us as human beings. […]

Do you remember when the law of attraction hit the public psyche on the back of the movie, The Secret? Sorry to offend if you think otherwise, but The Secret was a travesty of a book/movie/compact disc/cuddly toy/whatever. All it did was sell a big fat lie that appealed to a lot of people – […]

Did you know that there is zero proof to suggest that, generally speaking, people who have kids are happier than those who don’t? In fact, there is evidence to suggest to the contrary Psychology Professor at the University of California, Sonya Lyubomirskiy, cited research in her book ‘The How Of Happiness’ (al) that clearly demonstrated […]

When it comes to psychological experiments the period spanning the 40 years or so after the end of World War II was nothing short of scary. Scientists were physically administering electric shocks to people with sometimes, high doses of electricity, putting others (often children) through severe mental and physical trauma and abusing animals to an […]

Carve out about 30-minutes. I know, I know, you’ve got shit to do and that’s a long time, but stop whining and do it anyway because research conducted by clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson suggests it will be well worth your while. I’d prefer you to use a pen and paper for this, but if you’re not […]

I was working with a client recently who was looking to make some big changes in his life. He was frustrated because he’d really wanted to start his own business for over a decade. But he kept putting it off and didn’t know why. He had a great job in terms of income, but he […]