Choices in Life

Thou shalt not think of a blue tomato! Chances are you did exactly that, perhaps thinking of a red tomato and coloring it blue in your imagination. This is the problem with language and the mind. You can’t “not think” something mentioned. In order not to think of a blue tomato, you have to think [...]

“The Naked Chef” was a cookery program appearing on BBC television. The lady living in the flat next door to me in London once told me she never saw that program — how could someone be naked and cook on TV?  The program dealt with cooking stripped bare (sorry Sir Richard Branson) and not how [...]

Rush rush rush.  Adrenaline pumping.  Will I get out of the office in time to find a park and meet Kelly for lunch?  Oh no, the phone is ringing…”Yes, OK, I’ll get on to it this afternoon.”  Quick, duck out now.  Ahhhh…relief.  Jump in the car, now where am I going?  OK.  Oh no, the [...]

Focus on outcome of time spent, not on being busy.
“There is no try; there is do or not do.”  (Yoda, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back)

We tend to let other things take precedence. Saying I’ll try means we either have no real intention of doing something, or we feel it is not worth our time or [...]

I often get asked what do I do as a doctor and coach, how do I blend the two and how does that benefit my clients. The following case story can explain it better than a description of my work.
A senior manager in a corporation came to see me about various nagging complaints including heartburn, [...]