Mind & Body

Dyslexia – a remarkably simple cure

by Penelope Else April 5, 2011
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For many people,the solution could well be incredibly simple. It’s all about your internal whiteboard. In association with Seeing Spells Achieving Spelling: not so tricky at all A difficulty in spelling, reading and remembering may be no more than a visual skill that needs practice and/or refinement. In that case it would take only a [...]

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Steps to Credibility 1: Control your breathing under stress

by Penelope Else August 28, 2009

Summary: Learn to control your breathing in stressful situations. Low breathing helps create credibility, and protects your ability to think. The Problem When you’re angry, do people say “don’t get all hysterical” – or do they stop, look at you and think again? When you attempt to command, do people stop what they’re doing and [...]

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Negative people: who are they letting you be?

by Penelope Else August 28, 2009

Summary: how people can control you in conversation and life if you aren’t aware of their game. I was chatting recently with @john_clay_r4 about the damage negativity does, and have suddenly remembered a secretly-negative person I met a few times a while back. He (I’ll call him Horace) was a fascinating example of how easily [...]

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