Episodes
Session 61 - You Want Results, Now?
Investments, investments, investments. You want results, you want to know that if you invest in something you get results. The financial gurus constantly talk about the results you get when you invest in a particular portfoli...
Session 60 - The Grief Process
Today I'm going to talk about death and grief. Just be reminded, that you don't have to listen. Anyone who has suffered a loss in life knows the pain and in some instances the numbness of losing the person or …
Session 59 - Rational and Irrational Thinking
Today's short podcast is going to be a little more technical than usual. So please bear with me. I want to briefly talk about two parts of your brain. At the outset, I fully acknowledge the brain is a hugely …
Session 58 - Thought Provoking Poetry
There's a very popular poem by Irish Poet, Padraic Colum, entitled, "The Drover". I remember learning it in primary school, not sure if it's still taught. It's about a Drover, usually, a man who drove cattle from the west of...
Session 57 - Mental Rehearsal
I was speaking with a colleague recently who specialises in Sports Hypnosis. She revealed to me something really very interesting. We were discussing muscle memory and the role mental rehearsal plays in our success when we pl...
Session 56 - Trekking in Peru 2005
Keeping in tune with the theme of nature, I remember trekking in Peru, South America in the year 2005, I was fundraising for a well-known Irish Charity. Being in Peru opened my eyes, to the stunning landscapes. At one stage …
Session 55 - Walking In Nature
When was the last time you took a break to walk in nature, like in a forest park or along the sea shore if you live near the sea shore, or even in a city park? Sit or take a …
Session 54 - Daydreaming
Do you think it's reasonably true to state that most people have a problem they want to be sorted? The infamous song from the movie, Sound of Music: "How do solve a problem like Maria?" Now I'm showing my age! …
Session 53 - Taking Actions
I recently read the following line: The actions I take, will and will not impact on my life. It got me thinking, about how very true that line is. Hard work and dedication usually pay off. Similarly doing nothing has …
Session 52 - Learning To Swim
Since childhood, I always wanted to learn to swim, however, due to a bad, learning to swim, experience, I left hopes of me ever learning to swim aside until I was aged 40. I did some work around my fear …
Session 51 - Don't Take Offence!
Were you ever chatting to someone, perhaps a friend or a colleague, and after you have spoken with them, it struck you that they looked almost as though they were somewhere else? Their mind seemed preoccupied. I was speaking ...
Session 50 - Opening Your Heart and Opening Your Mind?
Opening Your Mind, Opening Your Heart What does it mean to open your mind and open your heart? Are they one and the same thing or are they different? Do each want the same outcome for you or are they …
Session 49 - Getting Out Of Your Head
You are probably familiar with the expression being out of your head and I might at some time in the future talk about that, it's not quite what I want to talk about today. I'm saying, get out of your …
Session 48 - Exam Time
It's that time of year when young and not so young students sit for their examinations. Having worked so hard for years to reach a time when their studies reach a crescendo in an examination. Just some tips to help …
Session 47 - Some People Won't Like You
Taking Perspective on Other People is Important --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aidan-noone0/message
Session 46 - Baking Bread
I was aged about 6 or 7 when I had my first experience at baking, more specifically baking what can be known as a loaf of Irish Wheaten Bread. To this day I follow the same recipe as I did …
Session 45 - You Are Perfect!
You are probably familiar with the expression, "Oh, that's perfect." For example, John could say to Jill, 'Oh Jill, I've completed that task you asked me to complete." Jill might respond with, "thank you, John, that's perfect...
Session 44 - Loneliness
If you are a reader, then there's bound to be some books in your collection , in your library of books that you haven't yet read. I came across one such book the other day. I had been sorting out …
Session 43 - Self Criticism and Running Commentary
You know the way when you do that self talk in your head. We all do it. Sometimes we do a running commentary to ourselves. Maybe you're in a group fo people and you're listening to someone rabbiting on about …
Session 42 - Practice Gratitude
Have you taken the time recently to pause everything you're doing and took a look around you? I'm not suggesting that you're going about your daily tasks blindfolded. And yet, because you do the same things in the same way …
Session 41 - The Brains Natural High
In a very excellent article by Mark Tyrrell of Uncommon Knowledge, in his Therapy Skills series, I'll leave the link to the article below, so you can read it for yourself. In this article, Mark gives us a very interesting …
Session 40 - Life Is About Focus
They say that life is all about focus, what you focus on is what you get. Perhaps there is some truth in that expression. Consider if all you are focussing on is depressing thoughts or you continually allow yourself to …
Session 39 - What's Your Frame?
Frames - Picture frames - Mirror frames, All sorts of frames. How important are frames? Just imagine if the Mona Lisa was framed in a dingy old picture frame! How would she look? Would you be still impacted by her …
Session 38 - Cause And Effect
Are you in the driving seat? Steering the bus? Going where you want to go? In the pilots seat? In the right direction? If not why not? And if not, you are what we might call, "At effect!" Being the …