A Surfer’s Guide To Living Life To The Full

Just wrote A Surfer’s Guide To Living Life To The Full. Surfing Makes Me Happy I took up surfing at 39. I’d wanted to learn to surf for years and when the opportunity presented itself on the island of Bocas del Toro in Panama, I knew it was now or never. Imagine learning to surf [...]

Inspirational Story: Success Against The Odds

Here’s a story about faith, determination and team work It’s a success story which I hope will inspire you to strike out for what you want and achieve your goals, even if the odds are stacked against you. It’s a story in which I faced my fears, followed my gut instincts and believed in myself [...]

101 Ways To Feel Happy

Do you want to feel happier than you already are? Do you find that most self-help books are too long, detailed, embarrassing or complicated? The simple solution is these 101 quick, easy and free ways to make you feel happy right now. They’ll help you get the big picture on how you can feel happier, [...]

How To Use Twitter As A Motivational Tool

Twitter: Motivator, Not Time Waster I’ve been motivated, inspired, and just given a good old kick up the bum, by an established writer I follow on Twitter, John Birmingham. If You Haven’t Already Heard of John Birmingham The book that turbo-charged John Birmingham’s writing career, He Died With a Falafel In His Hand, is a [...]

Celebrate With Chocolate Fudge Cake

I’ve already written about the importance of celebrating your successes and recognising what makes you happy. Now it’s time to combine these two ideas and, drum roll, make a cake! Well, who needs an excuse? What could be more enjoyable than making a cake from scratch? When was the last time you did it? Kids [...]

If I Were A Geek, Just For a Day

Frustration and Computers During the 13 years I’ve been working on computers, designing websites, and studying online marketing, there have been times of frustration. Moments when I knew exactly what I wanted to achieve, but couldn’t quite work out how to do it. Fortunately, the frustrations of computers and the Internet are balanced out when [...]

Seven Reasons To Go For a Walk

Are you looking for fun, cost effective ways to entertain the whole family? Then you’ll love going for a walk. I know, it’s not exactly rocket science, but do families actually go for a walk together any more? Traditionally they used to go for a walk once a week after a big Sunday lunch, but [...]

Self-Motivation and Co-Motivation

Motivation and Other People I’ve been interested in the power of other people to motivate you for a while. I’ve discovered that things like stopping smoking are much easier when you have a friend to give up with. When you’re finding it hard, you can call on your friend and they’ll help you pull through. [...]

Follow Your Dream: You Only Live Once

My article, Live Your Dream in a Material World, struck a chord with many of you. In it, I described how we sold most of our belongings in order to make our dream come true and move to Central America. Now I want to share the first page of my book about our experiences. It [...]

Blogging Away With Growing Success

Writing a blog’s an up and down thing. One day I love it, then the next day I wonder why I bother at all. Especially when my dear husband sends me cruel little jokes about bloggers like that one, where bloggers are compared unfavorably to monks. I hardly found it funny at all, so I [...]