I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again... the beliefs we have about ourselves are almost always the things that hold us back the most! We know how to build the worst prisons for ourselves and the problem is that we then go ahead and do it.

Maura was, in her words, "groomed" for a career in law to follow in her grandfather's footsteps. The choice was made by her family and it was literally draining the life out of her. Escape was essential.

Men and women plan new ventures very differently but there is a way to get it right and satisfy the over planner's desire to perfect the plan and the under-planner's desire to get started. (This episode was recorded on the road so the audio quality may not be up to the usual standards)

Angela has seen some interesting times as a teen mum and then an NFL wife, always in the shadow of her husband, invisible in her own right, she talks about escaping and finding herself and her own role in life.

Human beings are a social species. We are generally happier and more productive when we exist in positive and supportive communities. (This episode was recorded on the road so the audio quality may not be up to the usual standards)

Joel talks candidly about being a parent, managing a blended family, and how his major breakthrough was changing his own attitude. He realised he was the biggest obstacle to his own happiness.

Random acts of gratuitous kindness can be fun

Work life isn't the only place that life can become intolerable. In this episode I share a particularly painful part of my own life involving the breakup of my second marriage and how I had to re-think many things and change my own thinking in order to find a way forwards.

Is the goal you're trying to achieve worth the effort to get it? Do you actually want to make the changes you've been telling yourself you need to make? In this episode I talk about the importance of being utterly tenacious in chasing down the resources, people, and skills you need to get there.

Michael and Tina met at work and knew they had to be together and they had to get out of the somewhat toxic environement at work. They both loaved floating (check out the show notes for more information) and they've built a great business helping everyone from pregnant mums to top flight athletes enjoy the benefits of the deep relaxation that floating can bring.