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.

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.

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 does reduce 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.

You don’t get the miracles until you commit to meditation and practise the silence within.

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.

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.

For anyone on the road to complete mental recovery one of the 1st things I teach is how to cultivate and practise gratitude. The act of being thankful has the power to connect you and take you away from the destructive nature of self.

We all live in denial to some extent. It's a lying mechanism that allows us to separate ourselves from our poor choices. "Who me?" "That's not me?" "I don't smoke, well only occasionally?" It takes time and dedication to get to a place where we can own all our choices and never justify them.

If only I could transpant my wise old head on all those beautiful young shoulders, no girl would ever have to play "Love Me, Love Me Not" ever again.