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![Why we need to stop judging others](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why we need to stop judging others
How can we dial down how concerned we are with other people judging us?
![Five quick tips to boost winter wellbeing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Five quick tips to boost winter wellbeing
Five quick tips to boost your wellbeing as the cold weather draws in.
![Why we shouldn't dispute unfairness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why we shouldn't dispute unfairness
OPINION: Unfair things happen every day, but disputing them holds us in the trauma.
![Why discipline is actually about choice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why discipline is actually about choice
Discipline is about choosing when there is a choice to be made.
![Stop telling yourself bad bedtime stories](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Stop telling yourself bad bedtime stories
The stories we tell ourselves have the capacity to destroy our peace of mind.
![Opinion: If you could see what I see](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Opinion: If you could see what I see
Life coach Louise Thompson wants to help others see what she can see in them.
![Louise Thompson: Wisdom without words](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Louise Thompson: Wisdom without words
OPINION: Sometimes using your intuition leads to blow-your-socks-off stories.
![Why you shouldn't fear criticism](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why you shouldn't fear criticism
OPINION: There is nothing that can more quickly burst your bubble over a splendid plan you are cooking up than worrying about what everyone else will think.
![How to be an incomplete success](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How to be an incomplete success
OPINION: The lesson in these tales is that we tend to take score way too early, writes Louise Thompson.
![Louise Thompson: Easy go, easy come](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Louise Thompson: Easy go, easy come
You know that thing you are wresting with, that just sort of won't happen no matter how hard you try? Finding a new partner. Landing
![Opinion: Living with the glass half full](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Opinion: Living with the glass half full
OPINION: Defining our reality though a lens of either optimism or pessimism is a choice we all get to make over and over again each day. How do we want to approach the world?
![Opinion: Expect the best - but believe in the worst](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Opinion: Expect the best - but believe in the worst
When you believe in people they rise to meet, and often to exceed, your expectations.
![Why you should flex your happy muscle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why you should flex your happy muscle
COMMENT: For a happy life we need a strong Happiness Muscle. A resilient muscle that doesn't tire easily, and can be recruited in all sorts of situations, writes Louise Thompson.
![What will you give up to achieve your goals?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
What will you give up to achieve your goals?
COMMENT: Once you have decided what you want in 2017 ask yourself what you are prepared to give up to get it, writes Louise Thompson.
![Louise Thompson: Back-to-work blues? Try this technique](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Louise Thompson: Back-to-work blues? Try this technique
When we are stuck on the hamster wheel of doing, doing, doing, it can be hard to get the bigger picture we need to see what's truly working for us and what's not.
![Assessing how you really feel after your summer holiday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Assessing how you really feel after your summer holiday
The thing with the luxurious long summer break is that we sink into it and feel so good that we forget how life rolls the rest of the year.
![Louise Thompson: Goodbye 2016](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Louise Thompson: Goodbye 2016
2016 - what a year it has been! We said goodbye to Bowie, Prince and Ali. We said hello to Auckland's Real Housewives, Brexit and
![Why you are never 'too busy' for others](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why you are never 'too busy' for others
Life has never been busier. But if a relationship is truly important and of value, we will find a way to make time and make it work.