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.

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

Shirley's roller coaster life has had many ups and downs. Now in her 6th decade she has found with discipline and dedication the straight and narrow path to peace, true happiness and is having more fun than ever before.

We live in a mad world right now where injecting poison into our faces, fillers, implants, Botox and other sometimes unknown, unidentified substances is becoming normal practice in order to retain youth and fight off aging but at what cost?

“Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.” Thomas Edison

Start your journal and make a list of all the times you feel sad, hungry, angry, tired or just unable to motivate yourself

Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciation and learning to enjoy and be grateful for what you have, indeed all you have which if you live in the west is likely more than most.

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others and if we cannot help them, don’t hurt them." Dalai Lama

The first step to motivating yourself, if you truly have never been able to achieve anything, is to take action, so switch off the telly.

Spend one week living on just £50 and see how far you get

Comfort eating is the act of by passing your hungry full instictive response to feel pleasure in your reward centre. By learning to recognise and respond when you are stepping over the fine line to being out of control you can have your cake and eat it too.

Change the way you think about things and the things you get will change. Sometimes the most dangerous trips we take are the places we go for comfort in our minds.

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 more we have the more we want. It's a fact. Curb your appetite for over indulgence and heighten your appetite for life success.

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.

To stop being a by product of your own misery you have to interupt the misery by making one small change.

These top tips for being happy without money might just get you on your way to being the best you can be on a budget, so no excuses.

It's very tough to all of sudden be thrown into having to live on less. The hardest part and the most challenging is being able to adapt quickly enough to prevent yourself going under. The key to changing your lifestyle habits and patterns quickly in a crisis, to align with your new more meagre circumstances is maintaining a positive mindset when everything appears to be going wrong.

Growing up and taking personal responsibility for your life's choices is your first step to personal happines; Shirley speaks.