Compassion, Neuroscience and Donald Trump…

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So, the American election happened last week. Trump will soon be president of the most powerful country on Earth.

No matter what your political persuasion, one thing has become clear – there’s a huge ideological divide in western societies at the moment, and my hope is that we can try to make sense of this and not close our hearts to those who think differently to us.

I’ve gone through a range of emotions throughout this election.… Keep reading...

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Get Rid of Struggling to Find Your True Purpose Once and For All

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Do you have this niggling feeling in the back of your mind, where you wonder what your true purpose really is? Or if you are really living it?  If so, I totally get it – it used to gnaw away at me big-time…but now I think about the whole concept somewhat differently, and it no longer stresses me out…

When I was younger though, and studying naturopathy and pranic healing, I had this over-zealous notion that I was put here to “heal people”.… Keep reading...

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Why Life-Balance Doesn’t Work (& What To Do Instead)

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Have you ever been to one of those self-help seminars, where they give you a fun worksheet to fill out in which your life is divided into neat little segments on a pie chart?

As you fill out the different sections that may be lacking or unbalanced in your life, you have the stunning realization that if you could just devote enough time and energy to each slice of life-pie, everything would be hunkey-dorey!… Keep reading...

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What To Do If World Events Are Getting You Down

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I don’t think it is overly pessimistic to say that we are living in very truobled times.

War, environmental devastation, terrorism, racism…not to mention douche-bag politicians leading our nations who seem to be operating at the basest level of humanity.

Sometimes the problems seem so huge and insurmountable it can be easy to feel sad, overwhelmed and powerless in the face of them.

You may think, what can one little person like me do?… Keep reading...

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My Top 10 Books To Feed Your Soul!

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I need to make a confession.

My name is Sharee James and I am a book addict.

Especially spiritual books, ever since reading Johnathon Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach and You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay at the tender age of 11.

At 19, I got the job of my dreams working at an awesome specialist bookshop called The Inspiration Factory where we HAD to review an inspiring book every month, and my addiction continued.

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