Author Archives: North London Counsellor Blog

The UK is in turmoil? For most turmoil upsets people, populations, & relationships. Whatever our distressed turmoil state – we live in the age of resolution. A world of no pain. A world where we are so in control that … Continue reading →

Baya Mahieddine was an Algerian artist with no formal training. Picasso went to one of her first exhibitions, which influenced his style of painting to what we know today. She had her first exhibition aged 16 years old. In 1953 … Continue reading →

The Attention Economy describes humans as having limited capacity to give attention & absorb information. So online services have to compete for our attention. Information is plentiful but attention is scarce. So attention economy is the science of how scarce … Continue reading →

Prospect theory is a psychological idea that tries to define how we make decisions. When we are presented with different options which are risky, and cause us uncertainty we decide on the basis of losses not gains. We are more … Continue reading →

Born in Ukraine in 1893 named Jennie Lechovsky from a Jewish family. Sobel escaped the violence of anti-Semitic policies & arrived in New York with her mother and three siblings in 1908, when she was 15. Janet Sobel inventor of … Continue reading →

Europe or countries that reside in Western Europe! particularly the mainland are learning again about the cruelty of war. The atrocities which older generations experienced in World War II are played out in Ukraine. A buffer zone between enemies. Random … Continue reading →

Tractors Tennis Drug Running What is it with men and their behaviour? What motivates men to take big risks? To sabotage themselves, their families, and their careers. They look as though they think they can get away with it. Yet … Continue reading →

You could be forgiven for thinking that the world is going to hell in a hand cart. This phrase itself is 500 years old telling us that this isnt the first time in history the world’s inhabitants might have thought … Continue reading →

You could be forgiven for thinking that the world is going to hell in a hand cart. This phrase itself is 500 years old telling us that this isnt the first time in history the world’s inhabitants might have thought … Continue reading →

Another life of discrimination and determination to succeed.       Carl Brashear was the first African American and first amputee Master Diver in the U.S. Navy’s history. He was born on a sharecropper’s farm in rural Kentucky with little education, but rose … Continue reading →