Sometimes an artist's vision may get blurred when subjected to a committee because an artwork is usually an expression of something unconscious that is better left in the realm of one person's unconscious if it is to speak to another person's unconscious.

If we keep practicing mental skills it is likely we can strengthen neural connections and make new connections.

I am talking about being optimistic enough to sow some seeds in the hope that some of them will germinate and grow into flowers.

The trouble is if we take no new steps to try a new challenge, our comfort zone doesn't seem just to stay still, but retract.

If you start from a position of I'm a no-hoper, in a paradoxical kind of way you are not risking being vulnerable.

I think there is probably something evolutionary in that we are drawn to the easiest option. But in our age of convenience, cars, ready meals and off the peg mean that we are in danger of being mentally under stretched.

A relapse doesn't mean you'll never walk down the path you prefer. But I think relapses are almost an inevitable part of any course of self-development.