Our life path is a long sequence of decisions. Each one winding us into the future and dictating what form our lives will take. Making the right decisions is, therefore, the best way towards living a fulfilling life. My personal goal for my clients is to keep fear out of decision making. In my opinion, allowing fear and doubt to guide us is a sure path to living a life we don't enjoy. The beauty of this process is it not only helps make decisions painless, but it also catapul

If you want to make better decisions, stop viewing them as right or wrong. Now, I’m not talking about ethics or morality, but with the fact that we often fall in love with our preferred choice in a decision that must be made. It becomes the “right” choice which makes everyone else’s preferred choice “wrong”. When someone disagrees with us, we don’t take it as more information or another viewpoint, it’s them telling us that we are wrong, and we don’t like that. It becomes “my

As a therapist, I commonly see people who are struggling with making big life decisions, especially ones with seemingly important implications for the future. We live in a world of many choices and are faced with countless decision points throughout our day. As our world has become more advanced, we have far more choices presented to us than humans did even a few hundred years ago. But is this vast array of choices actually helpful? While choices certainly increase our agency

How can we make the best possible decision? This question dates back centuries. It is human nature to ask oneself, "What should I do next"? To tackle this age-old question, we've spoken to a range of mental health experts who share their top tips to help you make your next decision—with confidence. 1. Watch for Signs When you have an uneasy feeling in your gut it's speaking to you, telling you that where you are at is no longer working, or what you are about to do is not the

I was never that person who knew exactly what I wanted to do in life. I had friends who knew from an early age that they wanted to be a teacher, a nurse, a dentist, or a social worker. That was never me. My ideas of what I wanted to be were always changing because I enjoyed doing many things. I remember wanting to be a marine biologist because I loved dolphins, I wanted to be a veterinarian because I loved animals, and I wanted to be a kindergarten teacher because I enjoyed t

You've decided you want to study after high school? But with so many choices you're struggling to decide what course to choose?! Don't stress - making the decision to go on to study is a big enough step in itself. Congratulations! You're on your way to learning new things, whatever they may be. We've put together three quick tips to help you nut out what course to apply for. 1. Understand Your Choices Explore all of the possibilities! These range from applying to universities

Why is it so hard to choose a career? I wondered the same thing myself over the years. After reading the book stumbling on happiness by Daniel Gilbert recently I may have found out why – and it's not even our fault!! Memories are fleeting… Memories can also be misleading. Our brains have a habit of filling in and leaving out details without our permission. Anyone who has seen the Disney movie ‘Inside out’ will understand what I mean. To make things worse we remember things th