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OLLY ALEXANDER BRANFORD COACHING


Nothing is Either Good or Bad
William Shakespeare  wrote in Hamlet "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." In Macbeth Act 5, Scene 5, one of...
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Jan 227 min read
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Do You Have A Blueprint For Living?
Do you have a blueprint for living? If not, well here it is... This is a synthesis of 12 step theory and surrendering to a Higher Power...
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Jan 1917 min read
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Prayer and Meditation
Emmet Fox wrote that "As a matter of fact, prayer is the only real action in the full sense of the word because prayer is the only...
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Jan 174 min read
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Take a Step Out of Limbo to The Other Side of Fear
Limbo is a situation where you seem to be caught between two stages of life, or two doors, and it is unclear what will happen next. This...
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Jan 179 min read
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How Do You Learn To Love?
In order to learn to love , you must first love your Self . Do you truly unconditionally love your Self ? I don’t mean in a Narcissistic...
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Jan 165 min read
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Was Jesus a Buddhist?
Jesus and Buddha were both human beings, historical figures, who were Enlightened . Did Jesus have knowledge of Buddhism and other eastern religions? Was Jesus a Buddhist monk? Historical evidence would seem to indicate that Jesus could have known about Buddhism, because it was present in Judea at the time he lived. There are similarities between Christianity and Buddhism. There are 18 years missing from Jesus' life in the Bible from age 12 to 30. When he returned he was a
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Jan 157 min read
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It is the Fire That Purifies
Ram Dass, the Harvard psychologist and spiritual Master, said that "It is the fire that purifies." Nostradamus, the French physician and...
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Jan 149 min read
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Cry Like A Man
Why do we say after something negative happens to us "I cried like a baby"? Why can't we say "I cried like a man ." Because in our...
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Jan 117 min read
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Manifestation
Manifesting is defining an intention so deeply that it gets embedded in your subconscious. Your inner intention guides your life. The...
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Jan 615 min read
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Intuition
What is intuition and where does it come from? In the 12 step Big Book pages 86-87 it states: “In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while. What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration gradually becomes a wo
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Jan 59 min read
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100 Aphorisms For Recovery
Here are 100 aphorisms to aid your recovery... The third step prayer Easy does it. First things first. Live and let live. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ...
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Jan 56 min read
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Responding Versus Reacting Versus Creating
When faced with any situation in life we may either respond or react. Our ego (our petrified false self, who is a reflection of our...
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Jan 411 min read
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Let Them
'The Let Them Theory' by Mel Robbins, which is in my 'Suggested Reading List' is a step-by-step guide on how to stop letting other...
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Jan 27 min read
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Oh, Be-Have!
As Austin Powers said "Oh, behave! Yeah! Yeah, baby!" There is wisdom in this. Bear with me... If we dissect behave into be-have, this...
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Jan 213 min read
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Can You See The Moon?
Mizuta Masahide wrote that "Barn’s burned down. Now, I can see the moon." Has your 'barn' burned down? Is the tower that you built, but...
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Jan 15 min read
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Will 2025 Be The Year That We Start Evolving Again As a Species?
Happy New Year to you all! Will there be anything new about this coming year? We seem to be living in a collapsing world: Day by day...
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Dec 31, 202410 min read
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What is Consciousness?
No-one knows philosophically or scientifically what is consciousness. The question "What is consciousness?" has not yet been answered by...
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Dec 30, 202412 min read
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The 5 Love Languages: How To Receive And Express Love
As men, we do not always know how to receive or express love . The '5 Love Languages' refer to five ways people express and experience...
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Dec 30, 20247 min read
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Seeking Riches Outside of You is a State of Lack
Being in a state of lack simply creates more lack . Most of us reside in a place of lack , rather than abundance . Seeking riches...
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Dec 30, 20248 min read
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You're Not Stuck
This is my message to you: You’re not stuck unless you want to be. You just need a little alchemy of your heart. Do you feel scared,...
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Dec 29, 20247 min read
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