The Speakmans

Can you really fake it, until you make it? Yes you can, and the moment will entirely take you by surprise and you never know exactly when it will happen. But one day you recognise that you have crossed the line from ‘faking’ it to ‘making’ it and when that day arrives, you feel fantastic. So perhaps it’s a skill you’ve been wanting to improve. Maybe it’s writing and instead of droning on with long, boring sentences, you notice that your words snap into place. Your characters sparkle and...

Although you may not completely cure your own fear, by reading this, you should be able to travel more comfortably. No one is born with a fear of flying, or aerophobia, therefore the fear is ‘learned behaviour’. Often as a result of a bad experience, copying a parent, becoming a parent or even from a film. In essence, you have created a behavioural reference relating to what is, in reality, the third safest mode of transport after escalators and lifts. Imagine your first or worst flying...

We hope this helps to subside your next bad mood spell! Don’t fight it. Fighting a bad mood is like splashing around in water when you can’t swim, it will only make things worse. Simply be mindful of your mood-state and accept that, “it is as it is.” (N.B. A “bad mood” and not depression or anything else sinister.) Look for the lesson. Was there a trigger for the bad mood? Is there a hidden blessing or something to be learned? Alter your state by altering your terminology so instead of saying...