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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 as when I was a child. Coarse wheaten flour, plain…

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." So the "that's perfect" is used as an acknowledgment. It can have many…

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 stuff, tidying up and for some reason this particular book…

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 something and to be honest to yourself, you really couldn't…

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 in the same context you can become blinded to the…

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 and intriguing different perspective on "Addiction." Our brains have a…

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 be in the presence of negative and or toxic people:…

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 beauty, by the message she is communicating to you? Or…

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 author of your life demands you taking control and if…

You may be familiar with the saying, "You are what you eat". This was bandied about to highlight that good eating habits lead to having a good healthy weight. Similarly, I would say that: "You are what you think." Which thoughts populate your mind? OR more importantly which thoughts do…

Learn the rapid and fast way to use your imagination to achieve much more than your ever thought possible! One of the most powerful aspects and or agencies of your mind is the capacity to imagine - your imagination. Your imagination can take you to places far away and you…

It was way back in the early noughties, I attended a conference in Dublin, Ireland at the Griffith College Campus, this was a former Military Barracks, originally established by the British during their occupation of Ireland. The Conference was given by probably one of the legends in Hypnotherapy, Gil Boyne…

If you are a smoker, there's just one thing I want you to take away from this short audio podcast, and that one thing is that you are FREE to smoke as much as you want and as often as you want. And yet isn't it strange that when you…

You probably know someone who frequently and or occasionally will say, "I'm not perfect, you know." It's usually said to convey an apology for something done or something not done. Or, perhaps, there's an element of putting oneself down! Comparing yourself to someone else and saying, I'm less than you,…

I remember some time ago, speaking with a colleague and saying, "I'm crap at writing", "I don't know what to write." Their response was very interesting. They told me, "write you are crap at writing." And I did. In other words, I took it that my colleague was telling me…

What is it that's holding you back? I'm Irish living in Ireland, with a strong cultural upbringing. Oftentimes the neighbours were conferred with an importance that in hindsight was illogical. I'm not referring to the normal and natural respect that one gives to ones neighbours and usually it is reciprocated.…

Hello Aidan Noone, here and thank you for being with me on this journey. The question is: " Have you tried it yet, Are you doing it?" What am I referring to? I'll let you in on a little secret that I find really powerful, empowering and creative. Well, what…

Hello, Aidan Noone here and I'm really happy to be with you again today, wherever you are in the world. And I hope you are doing reasonably ok. Positive Affirmations, What are they? How do they work? Are positive affirmations any good? Are they useful? Do they Work? Lots of…

Recently I returned from vacation, rested, and yet a little stressed from traveling, I do find air travel a little labourious at times. Perhaps, some of you may identify with my experience. Anyway, I returned home, I have a reasonably large garden, to find the grass had really grown high…

When was the last time you truly listened to someone? Oh yes, we all listen, and yet do we hear what is being said? Growing up in the 1960s in Ireland, Children were to be seen and not heard. Thankfully, largely that is now changed, and for the good. Yet…

Some time ago I had the opportunity to visit my old Primary school. That was 45 years ago. From a child's perspective, which was my perspective then, everything seemed enormous. and overpowering. Remembering, there was over 30 boys in the classroom at that time. The classroom then looked huge. And…

As a human being you have a vast store house of learnings and happenings, indeed resources, from your birth right up to now. You may not be consciously aware of these resources and yet, there they are stored in your unconscious mind. Right inside your mind you have an infinite…

Just think about it, isn't it time to get rid of that no can-do mindset, The I'm not as good as others mindset. The truth be known, there will always be slimmer/fatter / taller /shorter/ better looking/ less better looking people/ wealthy /less wealthy/ earn more money/earn less money people.…

Just continuing with our theme on how words and phrases can affect our neurology and can either embed us in a problem state or orientate our awareness to find solutions and become solution-oriented. We may not have overtly stated what exactly we have been doing over the past few sessions…