Talk to Yourself – It Can Save Your Sanity and Your Life

The concept of mind over matter has been around for centuries, but science is starting to prove just how effective it can be.
Having reached the bottom of the bottom, suffering a complete mental breakdown nearly 7 years ago, I used to think that my mind was my worst enemy. Imagine feeling like you had to [...]

For the Love of Dirt! It’s Time to Break Free of the ‘Cult of Clean’

Am I the only one who doesn’t lose their mind at the sign of a dust bunny?
Concern, and downright obsession, about cleanliness and sanitation has swept developed countries, according to an Cult of Clean in the Sept/Oct 2008 issue of Psychology Today.
I can remember being a kid in the 1980s (yeah, I’m only 24), spending [...]

Blog Action Day: Poverty

Poverty is a very touchy subject – so much so that I don’t even know where to start talking about it. But when Blog Action Day said we are writing about poverty this year (last year was environmentalism), I openly took on the challenge.
I’ve personally come into contact with poverty on numerous occasions. As a [...]