Moodify 007

Is bad news always bad news? Here is a moodify card with lyrics to a song called The Taoist's Tale. There are loads of versions of this story and once you've figured out the pattern you can make your own up – starting with your own good or bad luck. More ...

Free Mini Life Coaching Programme

Have you got 10 minutes to get your life going in a straight(er) line? Try these free virtual life coaching exercises from embody to put yourself on track, find direction, meaning, satisfaction and happiness. More ...

Jill Bolte Taylor has an “Aha” moment

What happens when the part of your brain that makes meditation so difficult switches off? Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor gives one of the most moving accounts of her own experience. One morning she had a stroke and as her brain slowly shut down she had some startling insights. More ...

Test The Balance Of Your Wheel Of Life

How balanced is your life? Is it a smooth ride? Symptoms of a life out of balance, like unhealthy stress and negative emotion, shouldn’t be that difficult to spot. Use this life coaching wheel to rate your satisfaction with eight areas of your life and then get a report about your strengths and weaknesses. It may be the first step in putting things right. More ...

Earth Abbey Update

EarthAbbey.com is a new online and offline community from a monastic model. If you're interested in sustainability + spirituality from a christocentric perspective + joining a community you might want to check out the site. More ...

Moodify 006

Download and print for your own use or with a group. This is an exercise in happiness + awareness. When we’re happy we normally attribute that happiness to some external cause. But happiness can also be uncovered when things are taken away. More ...

Habit Seven: Discipline

Getting up early. Keeping going when you’ve got no motivation. Delaying gratification. Not watching as much television. Keeping things simple. Studying. Forming new habits. Planning ahead. Saying no to perfectly reasonable requests. Drawing scornful comments from others. Doing some hard work. Developing depth, focus, perseverance, concentration and smiley spirituality. The mixed side effects of habit seven. More ...

You Fool. Tonight You Will Die.

I've spent this week editing the self shot video diary of Jim Janknegt – who undertook a commission from one of the websites I edit to paint his interpretation of the parable of the rich fool. My week started with NTSC technical difficulties but ended with deep affection for a middle aged American painter and his menagerie.  More ...

Happiness For Life, 2 day Residential, August 08

Happiness For Life – The Retreat. This summer embody is running a two day happiness retreat at Scargill House in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. If you are interested in happiness and the interpersonal dynamics of positive psychology and how they help build community, productivity and creativity in leadership and in your personal life, then this course will suit you down to the ground. More ...

How to unlock your creative motivation

Take a look at these five key motivations for the creative process and work out where the force is strong with you. Tailoring your work to suit your strengths and weaknesses can mean jobs become rewarding activities rather than laborious headaches. Most people are strongly motivated by only one or two of the following. It might help to imaging a recent project from your own work.  More ...

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