Feel the fear and do it anyway – our skydiving adventure video
April 26 2013 marked 5 years of being happily married and to celebrate in a typical Aiken way, we decided to do something romantic… yeah right! We wanted to get outside of our comfort zone and do something a little crazy, so we held a mini poll on our Facebook page asking you – our [...]
Food, smoking, alcohol, drugs? How to overcome your addictions
By Curtis Aiken. If you have experienced amazing health and energy you will know that these feelings are a far more enjoyable way to live than feeling crappy. Yet for some reason, when you saw the title of this article you thought to yourself, “what’s this geezer got to say, then? I’ve got a habit [...]
Is your perfectionism putting a strain on your health and happiness?
Are you a bit of a control freak? Does everything have to be perfect? I don’t know if you have noticed but nature doesn’t work that way (just look at the mess trees leave on the ground – they should be disgusted with themselves!), so why are you so hard on yourself? When I posted [...]
3 steps for getting happy when you are in a deep, dark emotional hole
By Curtis Aiken. Do you ever feel so low on passion and energy for life that even cleaning the kitchen is such a mental struggle that you reuse the cleanest of the dirty dishes sitting by the sink or put off clothes washing for so long that you have to wear the underwear in your [...]
10 new books that will flip your life upside down
By Candice Aiken. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE a good recommendation. And whenever anyone I trust and adore tells me about something that helped them immensely, I am all over it. Could explain why I have a collection of books that would rival the New York State Library. In a follow up [...]
Is There Life Before Death?
By Curtis Aiken. If your life as it is now isn’t bringing you joy, what would be different if you were living in a way that is true to who you really are? Once you’ve answered that question, and I recommend that you do, take a moment to acknowledge that right now, you are exactly [...]
Why I can’t slow down or switch off
By Candice Aiken. Its 1am as I write this… my head is spinning and I am wide awake, could be that I’m high on olive leaf extract, vitamin C and garlic, or it could simply be that I am still in my old way of being and unable to switch off or slow down. I [...]
Security is a superstition, follow your dreams!
By Curtis Aiken. You may be aware that Candice and I have recently sold our home in Perth and moved across Australia to Queensland. On the day that the furniture removalists came and collected everything we had decided to take with us, our dogs peered through the window from our backyard watching nearly everything that [...]
Live Life on Your Own Terms
By Curtis Aiken. Question from a friend: Hi Curtis, My nephew is a recovering drug addict and I hope one day he will be free from it all. I understand that because of his journey one day he may be able to help people as he will be able to share his experiences with others. [...]
How Taking A Massive Risk is Making Us Feel Alive Again
By Curtis Aiken. I have never felt as alive as I have recently through taking such massive, massive risks. For the past few years my life has been in a cycle consisting of unhappiness, frustration, feeling stuck, moments of pleasure and then back to feeling frustrated and unhappy again. The unhappiness, frustration and feelings of [...]
