Everybody experiences stress at some time or other...Thats life! However, stress is such a subjective term and has become a 'catch all' used to describe anything from mild irritation to being the cause of a mental or physical breakdown. The common causes of stress are numerous and include: big lifestyle changes, high pressured environments, constant worrying, not having enough going on in your life and having an overwhelming amount of responsibility. For some people there is

“Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal." I love this quote by Elbert Hubbard and I think goal setting is a very powerful tool that we can use in all areas of our lives. It gives us long term vision and short term motivation. Indeed research has shown that people who use goal setting effectively suffer from less stress and anxiety, have more self confidence and are happie

The Atkins Diet, the 5:2 diet, the ‘no carbs after 5’ diet…I’ve tried them all in the past and more besides. Sure, some of them worked and I lost the weight I wanted to lose at the time, but I was always left feeling deprived and miserable! To top it all off, the weight usually began to creep back on with time and I was back to square one. Diets rarely work in producing lasting change. It’s a fact! But why? Why don’t they work and what can we do in the battle of the ever expa