So you’ve heard a lot about the need to be kind to yourself. You have no idea how to actually do it. It’s not your fault. You’ve learnt from the culture we live in to blame yourselffor being lazy and undisciplined/wasting time on social media/not taking enough chances with your career/being a lousy parent/insert the many other failings you […]
What If This One Question Can Always Make You Feel Better?
It’s funny how the things we avoid the most — like moving our bodies, eating whole foods and finally doing our taxes — can help us the most. We tend to think of work as a burden and vacations as a reward. Our chores and to-do lists are to be tackled as quickly as possible, […]
The Mathematical Theorem That Also Serves As Fantastic Life Advice
If you’re surprised to hear that maths can be used as a tool to teach self-help, don’t be. I believe so deeply in its powers that I’ve written a book about it. So let’s turn to the theory in question. In his excellent book ‘Man vs Maths’ Timothy Revell puts Bayes’ theorem in simple terms: for any […]
It Pays Not To Do Your Best. Just Do.
A fellow tutor I deeply admire* said something to me a few weeks ago that has since stuck: anything worth doing is worth doing badly. It reminded me of some wise words my husband shared with me: 20 minutes of doing something is more valuable than 20 hours of thinking about doing something. Imagining you […]