self-belief, self-confidence

Let’s face it… It doesn’t matter if you’re JK Rowling or a budding high school journal writer. If you write for an audience, you’ve probably faced doubts about your craft at one point or the other in the past. The disease of poor writing confidence ails us all, and even when weContinue Reading

written by Laolu Ogundele   I’m sure we’ve all heard the statement, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Isn’t that a most controversial viewpoint – one that makes you wonder if the originator was a verbal abuse victim in denial? Think about it. Think about everyday life.Continue Reading

(Based on the book ‘Happy’ by Derren Brown)  What is the secret of happiness? How do you know when you feel true happiness? And what does it really mean to be happy? We often ask ourselves these questions at different stages of our lives, and every self-help book claims to have theContinue Reading

(from the book “Man and his Symbols,” by Carl Jung, M.L. von Franz, and John Freeman, 1964)  Nowadays more and more people, especially those who live in large urban cities, suffer from a terrible emptiness and boredom, as if they are waiting for something that never arrives. Movies, games, travels, political excitements,Continue Reading