How to be assertive

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Thousands of people every day are suffering in difficult situations through lack of assertiveness.  Most commonly the assertiveness problems tend to arise at work and with friends.  However, assertiveness issues creep up everywhere whether it be with friends, family, or work colleagues. It’s okay saying to someone ‘stand up for yourself’ or ‘you should just [...]

10 Ways to keep your children safe online

The internet is a fantastic way for us to communicate, quickly and easily and is questionably responsible for changing our lives over the last 20 years. There is no doubt is can help us gain knowledge, communicate, bank, shop, sell, make money, be creative and to express ourselves. However, for every good there has to [...]

How to make true friends – part 7 – Be yourself

This is the last and final part of the ‘How to make true friends’ series. You can see the links to the other six parts at the end of this article. Be yourself If you’ve read all the other parts of the series you will have a strategy for getting to know yourself and getting [...]

How to make true friends – Part 6 – Attracting the friends you want

How to make true friends – Part 6 – Attracting the friends you want This is the 6th part of 7 in the how to make friends series. You can find the links to all the other parts of the series at the bottom of this article. Attracting the friends, you want To attract the [...]

How to make true friends – Part 5 – Get out of self Deprecation mode

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This is the 5th article in the ‘Making true friends series’, see the links at the bottom of this article for the other 4 parts of the series The quickest way to lose potential friends is to put yourself down all the time. People who do this, no matter what’s going on in their lives, [...]

How to make true friends – Part 4 – Body language

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Read the other part of this series: How to make true friends – part 1 – Know yourself How to make true friends – part 2 – The pride of loneliness How to make true friends – part 3 – The art of honesty The components of Body language We’ve all read about body language [...]

How to make true friends – Part 3 – The art of honesty

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The art of honesty It’s easy to say be honest and open with everyone but there is an art to being honest. I remember when I was about 19, I was dancing with a girl in a nightclub, (that was back in the day when you just went up to a girl and tapped her [...]

How to make true friends – Part 2 – The Pride of loneliness

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Read: 7 Ways to make friends – Part 1 – Knowing yourself The world has never been so connected but we have never been so alone. When was the last time you had a conversation with your neighbours? When did you last strike up a conversation with someone in a lift (an elevator)? Our world [...]

How to make true friends – Part 1 – Know Yourself

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Making friends is not easy for a lot of people, and for some the thought of speaking to others is terrifying. This can be debilitating in your life and if you’re the self conscious type it makes it even worse. You might worry about what people think of you, you might be thinking about saying [...]

5 steps to meeting your perfect partner

Part 2 – Attracting your ideal partner This is the second in a series of six attracting articles. Okay, you have sown your wild oats, done the single life, bought the t-shirt in fact you bought the whole outfit. There comes a thought in the back of your mind, a slow burning thought that gathers [...]