Inappropriate rules
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How to change the demands you impose on yourself to preferences that work in your favour.
Does it really take you that long?
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we look at two aspects of time that can get us into a little bit of trouble: the planni...
Difficult conversations with difficult people
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
6 tips to help those conversations with difficult people feel more in your control. ...
Self-efficacy
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your belief in your own abilities and skills is quite powerful.
Good lntentions
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We don't know why people choose to behave in a certain way, yet often we are quick to judge thei...
Accept you anxiety
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is for those thoughts that don't respond to logic or indeed the other techniques we've ...
Face your anxiety
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anxiety grabs our attention and at times doesn't let go. Here are two questions to help you prio...
Challenge your anxiety
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we challenge our thoughts and look at ways to make useful predictions that help us to m...
Manage your anxiety
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here is our first episode on anxiety. Over the next few episodes we are going to dive into this subj...
Fearing Failure
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Failure and fearing it is natural and happens to us all. This episode is for those of us for whom th...
Use your breath
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When your emotions take you on a rollercoaster what can you do to slow it down or get off? Listen to...
Being visible with special guest Esther Stanhope
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I had the pleasure of talking to Esther Stanhope about how to make ourselves more visib...
Reframe your thoughts
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you get access to a new perspective without changing the reality of what is happening? In thi...
Are you overthinking?
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When does your thinking tip into overthinking and what can you do about it? This episode was inspire...
Let's connect and not in the social media way!
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Focus on high quality connections to gain the benefits of sharing experiences and feeling supported ...
Transitional Gaps
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Help your brain out by using this tip…and then it will remember, focus and perform better.
Getting Started On Procrastination
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before listening to this episode grab a pen and paper (or mobile) and think of a task that you are c...
Myth busting procrastination
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I've procrastinated enough and finally got round to recording an episode…well actually there are t...
Being comfortable with uncertainty
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we look at how to get comfortable with uncertainty.
The benefits of uncertainty
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've looked at uncertainty before but it's a topic is worth exploring. This episode looks at the ad...
The 70% Rule
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rather than expecting everything you do to be 100% perfect, try 70% instead, and here’s why and ho...
Shifting perspectives
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Accessing a different perspective can be invaluable. How can we do this for ourselves? In this episo...
Do the Opposite
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jenny Taitz recommends that to control the trajectory of our emotions we do the opposite of what ...
Managing emotions, the easy way
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our emotions help us navigate our world. However, somehow it feels as if they are steering the ship....
Take the easy option
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How what an astrobiologist said inspired this episode. As we are wired to take the easy option, let&...
All things considered.
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is inspired by an article by Joshua Rothman called "Why Can´t You Just Deal with ...
Change your behaviour
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we look at 7 steps to help you increase the likelihood that the change you want to make sticks...
How to approach conflict.
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode draws on the advice and expertise of Diane Musho Hamilton around conflict resolution. W...
The power of autonomy
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie Perlow a researcher at Harvard Business School has studied the impact of giving people autono...
Advice not feedback
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we look at why is it better to ask for advice not feedback.
Replace your will power with...
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores how to reduce the friction when making a decision by taking will power out of ...
Noticing reveals choice.
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we discover the importance of awareness in giving us more options when our choices seem...
Changing your wellbeing
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The second part of the wellbeing episodes looks at four questions to help you to reap some of the be...
What is wellbeing?
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We start season 6 with a two parter. In this first episode we look at what is wellbeing so that you ...
How to problem solve a little bit better
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of season 5 we explore how to use evidence from our past to help use solve prob...
Your pace no-one else's.
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Final episode for awhile on productivity. This one is about working at your pace…it might sound im...
Do fewer things...it's possible.
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is our second episode looking at productivity. Building on last weeks tip from Cal Newport we e...
Watch out for those taxes
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the next few weeks we are going to take a look at productivity. Before you sigh and say 'not an...
Finding enjoyment or at least enhancing it
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year. This episode we look at two ways that you can employ to enhance your enjoyment of th...
Dealing with uncertainty
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Looking forward to 2025 how do you navigate uncertainty? In this episode we take some of the key ins...
Did that really happen?
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we look at how we remember experiences and the two things that impact on our past memor...
Foreboding Joy
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we look at Brene Brown's tip on how to experience the joy without any of the "foreboding".
Some Advice About Advice
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we look at the pitfalls of giving advice. We discover what we can do to make sure that our adv...
Worst case scenario
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're starting season 4 with a look at catastrophisation. For those of you who's mind tends to go to...
Self Appreciation
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is it harder for you to acknowledge what you do well? You're not alone. This episode takes a techniq...
Responding with wisdom
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was inspired by Jonathan Haidt's The Happiness Hypothesis in particular the work on wis...
Are you mis-predicting your potential?
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Gilbert is a social psychologists and his research has shown that most of us mis-predict our pot...
Stop Trying to Find Your Purpose
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we take a look at our purpose and how trying to "find" it might not be the best way to ...
Avoid sunk cost fallacy.
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When do you keep going and when do you call it a day? Listen to this episode to find how to answer t...
What would an alien say?
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode looks at an idea suggested by Dr Simran Jeet Singh which can help us to match up how we...
The power of expectations
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We could make things a lot more easier on ourselves and others and, as a bonus, improve our performa...
Give yourself space
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was a little off the cuff but it encapsulates most of what I wanted to say. I may elabo...
How to deal with distractions and interruptions.
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's a difference between distraction and interruption but both are harmful for your attentio...
Discomfort
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We can't avoid discomfort but there are things we can do to make it less stressful and/or that w...
Creative inhaling and exhaling
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our first ever guest and what a guest!!! Sarah Acton, career and leadership coach, shares with us a...
The easier or harder option?
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we revisit habits and explore how to make changing your habits easier...not easy but on...
Boredom can be useful.
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Starting off September with an exploration into the ideal conditions for fruitful mind wandering.
Tell someone
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I share something with you and encourage you to do the same. Why? Well you´ll just ...
Time management
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we take a different approach to time management. There are no tools and techniques i...
What do you need to form habits?
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we take a look into the world of mini habits and how to use them to build consistenc...
This episode isn´t perfect.
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here are some tips on how to loosen perfections hold on you. The fifth question is my favourite.
Is your help wanted?
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It would be great if more of us helped but it would be better if the help we offered was wanted, nee...
Are you paying attention?
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I push the limits of your attention as we nearly hit 10 minutes. We learn more about...
Trust - Part 2
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who do you trust? This episode explains the four components essential for trust to exist according t...
Trust - Part 1
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you trustworthy? This episode we look at why trust is important and what two questions you can ...
Stop before you're empty
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about how to preserve your energy. We look at a simple technique, that you proba...
What are they thinking about me?
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we discover what people are really thinking about us and how this impacts on our behavi...
Mirror, Mirror on the wall...
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode takes a seek peek at how to increase your happiness by avoiding something we probably a...
Cognitive Flexibility
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a highly useful muscle to develop and continue to flex. Children are masters at it. Find out...
DEAR Boundaries
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast looks at four simple steps to go through in order to increase the likelihood that our b...
April´s Newsletter 2024
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week it is the turn of my monthly newsletter or as I refer to in the recording "bulletin&q...
I can't...
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is one word that we can add to that sentence which opens us up to a more productive and motiva...
Are you doing it well?
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about listening. How we do it and the impact of doing it well. See if you can spot t...
Questions?
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Without giving too much away, this one is about the questions we ask ourselves. Ok so I've given...
Accessing gratitude through negative thinking
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore how to get the benefits of gratitude by using negative thinking. I know t...
March's Newsletter 2024
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This month we have a quote from the poet John Greenleaf Whittier, a tip on how to spring clean the m...
Take it away
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode looks at how to achieve more by doing less. Yes you read that correctly. If you´re rea...
Playing to your strengths
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we explore the topic of strengths and how you can use them to increase your energy, engage...
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two tips on how to make more balanced and optimal decisions. And hopefully take some of the indecisi...
February's Newsletter 2024
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is an audio version of my monthly newsletter. This month we focus on when to offer help and whe...
Rethinking productivity
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The lag between the actions we take and the results we see can be long and thus lead us to feel unpr...
Self-Talk
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tip on how to effectively regulate and change your self-talk so that it is a little more compassiona...
Feelings - I am/ I feel
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What exactly do you feel? How do you express it? Find out why these questions are important for...
January's Newsletter 2024
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In less than 6 mins we cover: perspectives, shoulds, attention and the brain. One quote, one tip an...