Author Archive for mark.tyrrell

7 Energizing Exercise Motivation Tips

The following are motivation tips that work for me (and for many of my clients who need to exercise). If you need exercise motivation, they'll help you, too.

How understanding her own needs helped a lonely therapist rediscover her passion

Lonely and sad are two things Janet never thought she'd be. But with her kids moved away and her business slowing down, she's lost her old joie de vivre. She needs to shake things up, but how?

5 Tips for Being a Patient Parent

Children do exasperate you. The problem is, they have minds of their own! And sometimes, no matter how understanding, reasonable, and morally didactic you are, they still behave like Fagin's urchins from 'Oliver Twist' (even after you've read the latest childrearing bestseller).

7 Savvy Study Techniques to Keep You Learning

"My problem has always been that I can't study. By trying one study technique after another, I scrape by, but I never really get the grades I could be getting. But there's no scraping by with these tests. I've got to knuckle down and study!"

Overcome Needle Phobia

David explained to me how he'd been traumatized at school when having inoculations. More recently, he'd tried to overcome his needle phobia by attempting to give blood. The terror had been so intense, he'd ripped out the needle and fainted.