When Adrienne Banfield Norris was asked by her daughter to share her top life tip she told Jada Pinkett Smith the secret to her survival was down to one simple thing - Endurance. Life is just like the river, it doesn't matter how many times the rocks take a battering the river never stops flowing and the rocks endure the polishing.

Maturity is discovering the wisdom to know we don't always know although poo pooed as a fun inhibiting characteristic. Maturity comes from experience, not watching others make mistakes but making them ourselves. 

All of us at our core have a strong compassionate instinct. A natural and automatic response that ensures our survival.

I say it a lot. Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. Head up, shoulders back and smile.

Judging others is harmful behaviour. If we took the time to listen to someone's story, we would never judge them we would have empathy instead.

Re learn to forgive like a child.

The universal truth is your best friend when it comes to sorting out your mind. Sticking only with the truth in not easy but it reduces, stress and anxiety. 

The next time you catch yourself speaking about someone behind their back, we all do it, ask yourself if you'd be brave enough to say what you have to say to their face. In the church (not than I am religious) to bear false witness, ie to cast aspertions on someones character is a cardinal sin and yet we do it all the time.

You don’t get miracles until you commit to meditation and practise the silence within. Becoming skilled at Meditation takes an enormous amount of practise but it is the first step to self mastery, learning to watch and then take control of what is going on in your head. To do this you have to learn to detach and observe yourself.

We don't like everyone we meet. We are not attracted to everyone we meet. The facts of the matter are we will only ever attract ourselves, the best reason to work on yourself if one day you want to hang out at the top.

With every new day comes the chance to let it all go, forgive yourself and start again. Feelings of regret are powerful and if we allow them to fester they will without a doubt keep us stuck in misery indefinitely.

Feel the fear then do it anyway. We've all heard the saying but we all know equally how crippling fear can actually be.

Seeds of anger and resentment are sewn in the subconscious mind from the beginning and unless we actively address the reasons for them deal with them, forgive the perpetrators and ourselves these feelings will continue to manifest forever.

Have you ever said "I never lie", "I am an honest person" "I don't lie"? Now ask yourself if any of these statements are actually true.

How do I build self confidence and boost self esteem?

Courage is one core value we work on in therapy. Task 1. Do something every day you would normally be afraid of. Sometimes just being brave enough to tell someone the truth is all your need to do to make a massive change.

Ungratefulness and jealousy live together in your mind. Start to nurture feelings of gratitude and your feelings of jealousy will melt away.

If you cannot be happy poor, you will never be happy rich. It is only when you are forced to live without money that you get to recognize how much stress and worry a life without money can bring and with stress and worry comes lines and wrinkles. Although you cannot buy a life at Harrods, only stuff to put into a life, so getting a life is critical. I stand by the following top tips to help get you started on your new path to being happy with or without money. If you had a call...