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OLLY ALEXANDER BRANFORD COACHING


Mental Illness is the Next Pandemic and it’s Already Upon Us
Are you struggling right now? Around 10 million people experience depression or anxiety (7 million) every week in the UK, with one in four people experiencing it every year. 35 million people suffer from anxiety in any given year in the US. That's one person in every household. Mental illness is a global pandemic and it's already here . The number of people suffering from mental illness is currently unprecedented and spiralling upwards. The data shows that 85 percent of peop
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Dec 6, 202346 min read


Who Do You Think You Are?
The ego is who you think you are: Your higher Self, or soul, is who you really are. This is my 50th blog post. So let's spice up your...
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Dec 5, 202323 min read


Life
How does life work? Life is actually so simple. As Jesus (needs no introduction) said "I am the way and the Truth and the life." We...
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Dec 1, 202322 min read


Forgiveness
In this article we will dive into forgiveness and self-forgiveness. Paulo Coelho wrote “If it costs you your peace , it is too expensive.” Once you have let go of your ego , forgiveness and Self-forgiveness are the next phase of your healing journey : They set you free. We are all only guilty of one thing: BEing human BEings . The only real 'sin' is not becoming who you were meant to be. Alexander Pope, the poet of the Enlightenment era, wrote “To err is human, to forgive
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Nov 29, 202313 min read


How to Stay Sane In a Mad World
One of the challenges of doing inner work, even though pretty much everyone needs to do it, is that you become increasingly well...
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Nov 29, 20238 min read


Possibility
True success in life is all about possibility . What is possible for you? What has been getting in the way of getting what you want? Are...
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Nov 24, 202355 min read


Faith
What is Faith? If you had told me four years ago that I would be writing an article about ‘Faith’ I would have said that you were crazy and why would I do that? Even more so if you had told me that I would write a love letter to Faith. Now I would say that Faith is the way out of the insanity that we all suffer from, yet don’t know that we do, as a result of living in what feels like such a dysfunctional world full of fear , hatred and conflict, where we can't see the way o
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Nov 23, 202324 min read


Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Us?
Elon Musk recently said with regards to Artificial Intelligence (AI) that: “We will have something that is, for the first time smarter...
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Nov 21, 202323 min read


What Would Love Do Now?
Would You Like to Know How to Live in Total Peace , Love , Joy and Purpose? Well You Can. Right Now, For The Rest of Your Life. There is a Tried and Tested Formula. It's No Secret. The Only Question That You Ever Need To Ask Your Self is... "What Would Love Do Now?" As William Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet "This, above all, to thine own Self be true, And it must follow, as night follows day, thou canst then be false to any man." 'The Bard' found the secret to how to BE and
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Nov 19, 202323 min read


Addiction to External Validation
This is the Very Real Pandemic of Our Times. It's the Human Condition. It's Potentially Fatal. What is External Validation Addiction?...
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Nov 16, 202339 min read


All is Well
You Are OK and All Is Well. Truly. You Don't Believe Me? Let Me Explain... All is well All is well You are ok. “All is well” says Anthony...
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Nov 15, 202312 min read


Peace
Love always wins. Peace is always beautiful. Yet we are at war with ourselves, each other, with the world and our beautiful planet....
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Nov 14, 20239 min read


Spirituality
The solution to all of your problems is spirituality. Trust me: I have tried everything else. ' Achievement', accolades, approval,...
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Nov 13, 202321 min read


Serving YOU: Part III: The Superpowers That Will Serve YOU
What superpowers can one person offer another? They must be ignited in you through the flame of another. Once we have them inside us we...
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Nov 12, 20238 min read


Serving YOU: Part II: What is True Service?
What is True Service? How Will I Bring True Service to Coaching You? Do You Have Your Own Motives When You Serve Someone? On...
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Nov 11, 202324 min read


Emotions
What are Emotions? Are They the Same as Feelings? How do Emotions Relate to Thought? What do Emotions Teach Us? What is the Spiritual (I...
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Nov 9, 202364 min read


Heaven or Hell?
'Heaven' and 'Hell' are Ways of Describing our Experience of This World, Not the 'Next'. There is no Hell. Our Experience Comes From Our...
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Nov 7, 202310 min read


Meditation
What is meditation and why do we all need it in our lives? Paramahansa Yogananda, the great Indian-American monk and yogi, who was much...
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Nov 6, 202323 min read


Suggested Reading
Here are the Books That I Wish That Someone Had Recommended to me at the Start of my Journey into Awareness... Arthur Schopenhauer, the...
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Nov 5, 20239 min read


Love Your Self
Love is the Most Powerful Force in the Universe. Yet we Forget to Use it on Our Selves. Brené Brown wrote that you should "Talk to your...
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Nov 5, 202310 min read
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