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Anger and other negative emotions can have a major negative effect on our bodies. They can increase the risk of a hear attack and stroke and have a degradable effect on our immune system. But there is something that you can do about it, and it starts by reading the rest of this article.

Today we have more material wealth, yet we are less happy then we were 60 years ago. Today standards of living are higher than ever before, yet today suicide kills more people than wars do. So to what percent does having more material wealth make us happy and how can we counter the rising tide of anger, anxiety and depression? The answer is a surprisingly simple one ..........

Stress has become the most common reason for a worker being signed off long-term sick, a report has recently revealed, and experts are now saying that stress had become so widespread that it is the '21st century equivalent of the Black Death'. As a result prescriptions of anti-depressants have risen, but anti-depressants can cause side effects that are worse than the depression itself. But there is another more natural way that is clinically proven to work - without side effects!

Many research studies have now shown that meditation improves our mental and physical well being and health, reduces anxiety and stress and increases our life expectancy. So why wouldn't you do it? This article explores a number of recent research studies into the benefit of meditation which I would sincerely encourage you to read.

If you are the kind of person who always sees your glass as half full, you are likely to have a healthier heart, a study has found. Research involving thousands of British civil servants revealed that the more self-satisfied they were, the fewer problems they had with their hearts.

What would doubling your life experience and life expectancy give you? How could things be different for you if you could add more value to you life right now?

A woman who developed an aversion to bananas has finally been cured after 20 years of torment, thanks to NLP. For Miss Ross it worked. She said: "I couldn't believe it. At the end of the session I was handed a banana and that was that. This therapy has changed my life. It is absolutely fantastic. I am forever grateful.

Life is change and change is part of life. Many people fear change but are they actually scared of their own potential, the unlimited capacity that lives inside each and every one of us that can turn us into something new, something exciting, something greater than what we are? The truth is real change takes place only when we are truely tested. The the person we are meant to be comes forth, and that is the you that already exists inside of you.

Stress has become the number one malady of our time. The constant pressure associated with living in a fast-paced world has created an environment where nearly everyone feels the effects of stress. Stress is a term normally used to describe the wear and tear the body experiences in reaction to everyday tensions and pressures. Change, illness, injury or career and lifestyle changes, are common causes of stress, however, it's the effects of stress, like pressure and tension, that we feel in response to the little everyday hassles—like rush hour traffic, waiting in line, and too many e-mails, that do the most damage.

In 2008 Police officers took 225,000 days off for stress, costing the taxpayer 37million. This is the equivalent of 600 staff a day calling in sick with mental health problems, such as stress-related depression or anxiety. The figures for England and Wales also show that more than 40 officers took the entire year off.

According to recent research that was published in the press today (14th April 2009), more than seven million Britons are living with anxiety problems. This is almost a million more than ten years ago, according to the report 'In the Face of Fear' commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation.

The other week I was delivering a training course in London. During one of the breaks a wonderful lady called Janette approached me and told me the story of her son Ben, which I found both touching and inspiring, so much so that I asked Janette if she would mind if I told everyone about it. She was kind enough to agree and below is her and her son Ben's story in her own words.

Imagine that you had to take high altitude bomber aircraft that were designed to fly at high altitude and fly the same large aircraft at 60 feet above water to deliver a bomb that had never been delivered before to a target that had never been targeted before.

A starting point for developing a happier outlook and to attract more of what we want into our lives is to become grateful for what we already have. Developing an ‘attitude of gratitude’ therefore, provides us with the opportunity to tune our conscious minds into a more positive focus by allowing us to notice the benefits that already exist in our lives.

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." Albert Schweitzer.

In this fast moving, "I want it now", immediate convenience, buy now - pay later, throw away society, we are living life faster than ever before. We have fast technology, fast cars, fast food, and as a result, we expect things to happen fast. Patience, it seems, is no longer a virtue, but a drawback.

How do you make yourself happy – simple, have happy thoughts. Our thoughts govern our behaviour and the more we think in a certain way the more we will think in a certain way – we produce habits in our thinking. So what is a habit?

A few years ago, when my son was much younger, he was determined to ride his bike without stabilizers. He was determined to ride on two wheels and he was not going to give up until he did it. As I covertly watched and listened to him I could hear him talking to himself saying things like; "I can do it, I can do it. I can ride on two wheels, I can ride on two wheels. I can ride this bike, I can ride this bike." As is the case with anyone who is determined he eventually managed to ride his bike without the aid of the stabilizers. However, before he finally achieved it he wobbled and fell over many times. But he kept on going. He didn't lose sight of what he wanted to achieve, and because that picture was so clear in his mind, resolved by a clear and definite purpose and backed up by sheer determination, all of the wobbles and falls finally gave way to the achievement of his highly focused goal.

As I am writing this chapter the television, radio and newspapers in the UK are all reporting on the current state of the economy. Apparently we are on the brink of an economic recession which means that our economy is experiencing negative growth. The consistent reporting of this through all of the media is creating fear in people’s minds. Everyone is talking about it and the fear of what could happen to them as a result of this 'impending crisis' is at the forefront of a lot of people’s minds. Now what this means is that we are possibly actually working ourselves into an economic crisis by thinking about it and the negative consequences of it too often. It is becoming the dominant thinking for a lot of people who are finding it hard to think about anything else.

If I were to offer you an opportunity to improve your chances of living longer, immediately feel better about yourself and improve your overall general health and well-being, that was totally free - didn’t cost you anything, was readily available with an unlimited resource that would never run out, would you be interested?

If you have you ever stood on a railway platform when a fast train roars through you will know something about the law of attraction and interaction. As the train arrives it pushes an air pressure wave forwards and outwards which blows your hat off. Also, as it passes it tends to suck you in towards it. This is why you are advised to stand back away from the platforms edge.

Does positive thinking really work? According to Napoleon Hill, what the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve. In short our thoughts become things. If that is true that means that what we choose to focus on we choose to create. So, wherever we direct our mind we direct our minds power - what we focus on we attract to us. In essence we come into the world with the opportunity to create whatever we want by the power we hold in our mind.

Recently there was an article in the national press entitled ‘The Miracle Survivors’ about people who were diagnosed with terminal cancer, but whose tumours disappeared completely. Over the years there apparently unexplainable remissions were put down to luck and miracles, yet what science is now unearthing is a more rational answer. The tumours were in fact killed off by the patients’ own immune system.

Many of you will have seen the film ‘The Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest’ starring Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, Kiera Knightly as Elizabeth Swann and Orlando Bloom as Will Turner. Throughout both films Captain Jack Sparrow regularly checks his trusty compass without much luck. The compass needle seems to oscillate aimlessly, resulting in the compass never seemingly taking him where he wants to go.

Always look on the bright side - it could lead to longer life. A study of 100,000 women showed that the optimistic ones had a nine per cent lower chance of developing heart disease.