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Are you smarter than average too?

An interesting thing about Human beings is our tendency to think we’re smarter than most other Human beings! But the evidence doesn’t always support our beliefs. You’ve heard of the Darwin awards, the tongue-in-cheek accolades given to people who’ve done something incredibly stupid and have died as a result? The [...]

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So cool as to be completely non-plussed?

Me thinks he has a touch of the Andy Murray’s apparent lack of excitement about him! Priceless! Must watch!         [...]

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I’ll sort your head out because I’m The Head Fixer!

There’s quite a spread of problems that I can help people with, but they all have 3 things in common, and because I help you sort your head out, I’m known as The Head Fixer! and many people will actually travel 100s of miles to get me to help them. Humbling, [...]

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How to eliminate exam nerves and anxiety and sail through your exams

If only you knew how to eliminate exam nerves and anxiety at will! Because when you’ve invested so much time, effort and money, revising for your exam, and you feel under pressure, it can be hard to not get stressed. Not just in the exam room, but in the days [...]

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Not waving but drowning – rescuing drowning sheep

Not waving, but drowning. It’s not how we normally spend our Sundays – rescuing drowning sheep! Having chickened out of sculling with the Shiplake Vikings early Sunday morning, (I mean, in the rain? Moi?), Nige and I decided to kayak round the 8-mile loop he did on his own the [...]

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Don’t bugger up your soufflé!

“Not all children have the type of dreamy, social, easy fun time that we all wish for them to have at school. Instead some have a really hard time because they are just a little bit individual. Lysette introduced a number of skills our son was able to use to [...]

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Are you a figment of my imagination? Or is it me?

Can I believe my eyes or are you a figment of my imagination?It doesn't seem to matter how many times we're reminded that we're all different...Because we still go around expecting everyone else to share our opinions, values, beliefs etc.'Cos after all - our opinions, values, beliefs are right, aren't they!So [...]

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Celebrating Olympic and GCSE results?

All round celebrations this week – celebrating Olympic and GCSE results. Are you joining in? There’s plenty to celebrate – with our Olympic athletes returning from the Games in Rio, and the GCSE results arriving too. Like many people, I’m enormously proud of our athletes, and utterly amazed that our [...]

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Good ‘A’ Level Results?

And what to do, if not Many congratulations to the young people celebrating their hard work by getting the good ‘A’ Level results they wanted. If you felt you worked your socks off to get those grades, and suspect there must be an easier way, now would be a great time to [...]

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Fancy a smack in the teeth?

I’m told, violence is never the answer, but when you’re feeling down, anxious and worried – how would you respond to the advice, “Cheer up – it may never happen!”? Being told to think positive (apart from its being a grammatically-sloppy sentence construction) can be not just irritating in the [...]