10 Steps For A Better Life.

Step 2 - Remember all that you have in life.

Anything that truly means something to me in my life very rarely has a monetary value. In a world that tells us everyday that we need more to be happy, it becomes easy to focus on what we don't have. But consider this. The simplest things deliver your deepest needs.

*After watching the lesson I recommend that you listen to the audio recording "A meditation on Gratitude" and also complete the short but empowering Gratitude exercise*

Step 3 - Practice Kindness.

A sense of concern for others gives our life meaning, it is at the root of all human happiness. The best way to show that we care is to be kind. Give a random act of kindness to a stranger each day, what may seem like nothing to you could change someone's life forever.

Step 4 - What goes around ...

Give as you wish to live. If you want honesty be honest, if you want respect be respectful and if you want love give love. It all comes back to you and that's without exception.

Step 5 - Find the gift.

Life isn't about some kind of flat line clinical existence, we cannot truly appreciate happiness until we have felt sad, or know how fortunate we are until we have known lack.

Things will come to test you in life. You can either let it define you and hold you back or find the gift and embrace the lesson.

Step 6 - Use the F word.

What is it about forgiveness that frightens us so much?

Begin to see Forgiveness as a way of freeing yourself from an emotional tie to a person or situation. Forgiveness never condones another's behaviour, it simply confirms that you choose to travel light and are no longer going to let it control you.

*After watching the lesson I recommend that you listen to the audio recording "A meditation on Forgiveness" and also complete the short but empowering Forgiveness exercises*

Step 7 - Take care of yourself.

Say exactly what you mean. Don't be a people please. Never put yourself down. It is OK to say yes. It is OK to say no.

Nothing drains your energy like not being true to who you are.

Step 8 - Enjoy the silence.

Find time each day to become silent, just 10 minutes or so to consciously quieten your mind. Develop a simple practice where you can be alone, close your eyes and gently deepen your breathing.

In creating a space between the noise associated with our everyday lives we have an opportunity to remind ourselves that all is well.

*After watching the lesson I recommend that you listen to the audio recording "Enjoy the Silence meditation"*

Step 9 - Follow your heart.

Studies show that when we look back at our lives (and we will) it's the things we didn't do that hang heavy.

Imagine suddenly realising that you have never truly lived.

Ask yourself what is really important and have the courage and willingness to build your life around the answer.

*After watching the lesson I recommend that you listen to the audio recording "Follow Your Heart"*

Step 10 - What really matters in life ...

As you get older you will begin to understand that it is not important what you look like or what you own.

It is all about the person that you've become, how you have made others feel and that how at peace you are is your true measure of success in life.

*After watching the lesson I recommend that you listen to the audio recording "A meditation to bring inner peace"*