Living Skillfully: Your Mind and Health

How to use your mind to improve your life and health, by West Auckland hypnotherapist and health coach Mike Reeves-McMillan

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Three Things I’ve Learned from Gardening

February 4th, 2010 · View Comments

Hi. This is the start of a new series with the theme “Three Things I’ve Learned”. I’m going to take everyday aspects of my life and look for three life lessons that can apply to anyone who wants to develop as a person. It’s a good practice for me, as well as being, I hope, [...]

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Three Things I’ve Learned from Engineering

February 11th, 2010 · View Comments

I’m not an engineer. I did once take a single postgraduate software engineering class (though most engineers would argue that that isn’t real engineering). But I’ve worked with a lot of engineers in my role as a computer support person for maintenance tracking software, and I respect and enjoy their approach to life’s challenges. It’s [...]

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Three Things I’ve Learned from Creative Cooking

April 27th, 2010 · View Comments

I like to cook. I like watching reality cooking shows, too, the kind where amateur chefs learn to be professionals (though that is so not my ambition). Part of the reason I enjoy the shows is that they inspire me to creativity and to try new things.
Cooking is enjoyable for me because it turns something [...]

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Tags: Recipes · Techniques

3 Things I’ve Learned from Superhero Comics

August 31st, 2010 · View Comments

I’m a comics fan.
Not comix (which are quite a different thing, much more intellectual and anarchic). Comics. Superhero comics. (Various webcomics, too, but I’ll talk about those another time.)
This surprises even people who know me well. For one thing, I’m more or less a feminist (if a man can be a feminist, and I know [...]

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