Posts by David Lawson

Are you addicted to stress? Many high performers are and don’t even realize it. Living in a constant state of stress eventually catches up with us. For some, it leads to burnout. For others, it manifests as serious illness. Our brains operate in four primary states. Most of us spend the majority of our time…

One powerful, though often difficult, way to reduce stress comes down to a straightforward idea. Detachment. For years, I was attached to everything. Business outcomes.  Relationship success.  How much money I made.  What people thought of me. I spent more energy worrying about results than focusing on what I could actually control. It was exhausting.…

As men, life predisposes us to constantly thinking and solving problems. We are oftenthe go-to person when things need to be resolved at work or at home – we’re alwaystrying to fix things sometimes even before they need to be fixed. As a result, we’reconstantly in our heads, thinking. That’s all we know because that’s…

So many diagnoses are being given out these days. ADD, ADHD, Depression, mood disorders, and Anxiety disorders. It can feel like you’re labeled as broken when you receive one, or even multiple, of these diagnoses. The immediate solution often presented is a prescription to “fix” you. But what’s often left unsaid is the potential impact…

Do you really want to grow, find your true purpose in life, connect with yourself and others on a really deep level, find inner peace and have abundance in all areas of your life?  One of the most powerful questions, and ways to access this state, is to ask ourselves “Who Am I?”. So how…

One of my clients who is struggling with sleep issues recently asked me for some advice. He has no problems falling asleep, but he wakes up between 2-4am wide awake – then his mind starts working like a hamster on a wheel, and he can’t fall back asleep. He’s very typical of the clients I…

These days it seems there is so much information being shared online, on social media, and in books being written on motivation, inspiration, on working harder, becoming more disciplined, doing more, being more, and having more as a result. All of these things are great, and aspiring to be a better person and learning and…

“There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.“ Oprah Winfrey Why do so many of us hesitate to start a new project, business, or relationship? Perhaps it’s because we have a subconscious fear of failure… Fear of failure is supported by an illusion that it’s…

No matter where you are born or what your culture is, as men, we have access to four very powerful masculine energies or archetypes. These energies are primordial and universal. They are part of our DNA. We men are complex beings, so there is a need to create an awareness around these four energies –…

The happiest people spend much time in a state of flow – the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi What is…