Gentlemen Only…..Ladies Forbidden. Outrageous eh? Whilst the word and game of golf have often been joked to have originated from this famous, semi-sexist acronym, it actually derives from the Dutch word ‘kolf’ or ‘kolve’, which basically means ‘club.’ But regardless of its origins, the game once referred to as ‘a good walk spoiled’ by
Don’t worry…be happy……sang 80’s reggae star Bobby McFerrin about the way to a happier life. Now imagine that. Your life without any of that negativity, those overwhelming feelings of dread, the churning stomach, sweaty palms, headaches, exhaustion and potentially debilitating feelings of helplessness that can accompany our reactions (depending on how severe the anxiety is)
Bounce-back-ability. Better known as resilience… But what does the word resilience mean to you? The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) explains it as ‘The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties. A simple enough explanation, but one that doesn’t begin to tell the whole story. Resilience can obviously mean different things to
Let it go…Let it go… The answer to the $64 million question. “How do I manage excessive anxiety?” ‘Let it go’, or ‘Letting go’, is a phraseology that has been used throughout the ages to mean many things. Most people understand the general concept of the negative impact of holding on too tight, to a
Confidence really is everything “Confidence is a preference…” sang immortal Brit poppers Blur (albeit in relation to the habitual voyeur) back in the mid-’90s, but it’s actually much more than that. Rather than being a preference, it is absolutely crucial to success. In fact, it is and changes everything. Almost 30 years on from those
England World Cup “Winners” Anyone who follows football and watched England playing at the World Cup in Qatar can’t have failed to notice something different about that particular tournament. “It was in the desert”! Yes, it was. “It was held in a country without a real football history”. Right again. “There was no/very little alcohol
