In celebration of the release of The Mind Detective, Shirley Yanez presents Meet The Mind Detective - a free inspirational event series, a rare opportunity to hear the Leicester life coach live.

With an unlimited budget of course it's easier to get exactly what you want but buyer beware it's also easier to get completely ripped off. However Hollywood is one place on the planet where who you know, combined with what you know is way more powerful.

It's hard to feel really confident in your clothes when you are trying to dress a body with tricky proportions whether it be plus size, really tall, broad shoulders, short waisted. As a stylist Shirley deals with these proportion issues every day for her curvy girls but as a woman she is not exempt from her own body challenges when it comes to  plus size style.

Cultivating desire is the key to our happiness. If you only learn one thing learn this. Once you understand how to cultivate desire you can literally do anything.

One of the best things about being a stylist is you get the celebrity inside scoop.

In Hollywood you can get free surgery if you are prepared to put yourself in a production teams hands and have the whole thing filmed for E! Entertainment.

Exercising and stretching your imagination is a good thing, if you can dream it you can achieve it, but ecaping into your imagination (zoning out) for long periods of time can be very danderous for your mental wellbeing.

For every over protective Mum with teenage daughters absolutely sure they know way better than anyone who has been round the block more than once, steering them in the right direction and getting a compromise particularly when it comes to school attire is extremely difficult and challenging.

We grown-ups all know girls between the ages of 10 and 16 have very set ideas about what they like and what they will wear, we've been there ourselves, leaving many...

I never imagined I'd arrive in Los Angeles a self made multi millionaire and leave 5 years later homeless and penniless.

How do I stay looking young in Hollywood, is the most frequently asked question I get from women and not just women my own age but younger women as well. Why not create the perfect lifestyle for health, vitality and defying the aging process all on a budget for yourself?

Ask yourself what are the things that make someone look more attractive to you? It is less likely to be their age and more likely to be their energy.

Time spent in splendid isolation is the way to self actualization

Practising self awareness or mindfullness is a skill. In the UK visiting a therapist to learn this skill is not as readily accepted as in Los Angeles where it's as run of the mill as nipping to the supermarket, the library or the hair salon.

We are living in a world where some people just cannot move forward and are stuck in a holding pattern, never reaching their true and full potential. Talk therapy can help you enrich your life and make you feel more confident, less chaotic, focused and most importantly happier. Couch Time with me will help you set goals encouraging you to focus your thoughts and achieve what you aim for whether it be losing weight, changing career, giving up an addiction or just getting to...

When I speak to people who have been married or are married they have a very different view of marriage than people who have never tied the knot.