This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Sara Dylan, is designed to bring a clear understanding of what success is, how to achieve it, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of success currently in your life.

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed" Michael Jordon

A basic human need is to grow and achieve success at some level in our lives. You might seek success in your profession; you might want success on the sporting field; or to be a successful parent; or to be successful in your business; or to succeed in living your spiritual or religious beliefs.

Each of us has our own definition of success. But the clearer we are on what success means for us, the more likely we are to achieve it.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of what procrastination is, how to take control of your procrastination on a daily basis, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of procrastination currently in your life.

"The things that matter most, must never be at the mercy of things that matter least" Goethe

One of the biggest obstacles to getting things done is procrastination

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of the importance of “writing things down”, how to make it become a habit in your life, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of “writing things down” in your life.

"A verbal agreement isn't worth the paper it's written on" Samuel Goldwyn

Can you imagine a world without writing; without any writing at all?

There would be no paperwork; no forms to fill in and of course, no tax returns! But also; there would be no literature; no science; no history; no newspapers; no internet; and no social media.

It is almost beyond imagining because our modern world is so dependent on the written word.

Of all mankind's great advances, the development of writing is a giant.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of what renewal can mean to your life, how to accept it as natural, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of renewal currently in your life.

"What matters most is how well we walk through the fire." Charles Bukowski

In spring, all around there is a profusion of renewal, growth and colour. Yet a few weeks before the trees were desolate and lifeless. Now they are coming into leaf as a metaphor for renewal.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of what Sisu is, how to have more of it, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of Sisu currently in your life.

"If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve you long after they are gone...." Rudyard Kipling

In Finland they have a word for it. It is called Sisu. It means having the grit, determination and perseverance to succeed, against the odds.

Sisu is an integral part of the Finnish character and culture. They need it to survive their gruelling winters!

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of what time is and to give you the opportunity to focus and reflect on how you currently spend the precious time in your life.

"Time was away and somewhere else, there were two people, two glasses and one pulse". Louis MacNeice

The quality of the time we spend is not measured by clocks. It is measured by moments of carefree timelessness.

Carefree timelessness is when time appears to stand still.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of how to write your journal to enhance your daily life, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of effective journal writing currently in your life.

"Keep a Journal and one day it might keep you” Mae West

The secret to becoming good at anything is to give it attention.

Whether it is exercise, relationships or building a business, the more attention we give it - the better.

And writing things down in a journal is one of the best ways to understand what is going on in your life.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring clear understanding of mind attentiveness or mindfulness to enhance your daily life, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of effective mind attentiveness or mindfulness currently in your life.

"Mr Duffy lived a short distance from his body." James Joyce

According to a Harvard University study, human minds are attentive about 53% of the time. For the other 47% we’re not paying attention to the present moment. Instead, we are thinking of something else - absent from our body. Like Mr Duffy, from the story in Joyce's "Dubliners", we don't always live in our body.

Our minds are easily detached and go back to the past or transport us to the future.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of how intention can enhance your daily life, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of intention currently in your life.

"The Strength of our Intentions Creates our Reality" Wayne Dyer

What is your single, most important intention for this year? What actions will you take to help make that happen? Our intentions are like seeds that potentially give rise to our future experience.

Our good intentions need lots of care and attention, especially when newly born. The more we nurture the Seeds of Intentions, the more they will bear fruit.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of what inner strength is, how to find it and muster it, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of inner strength currently in your life.

It is in uncertain and difficult times, like these, that we have to rely on and develop our inner strength. Inner strength is our “invisible” means of support that helps us get through the toughest times.

It isn't something we are born with. Inner strength is like a small seedling, emerging from stony ground to grow in harsh conditions.

It is a spiritual quality that develops from the practice of self-discipline, belief, endurance and optimism.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of how to find purpose in your life and to lead you gently into reflection on the presence of purpose currently in your life.

"To be what we are and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only purpose of life.” Robert Louis Stevenson

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of how to cope with uncertainty, and to lead you gently into reflection on dealing with the level of uncertainty currently in your life.

"Worry is like a rocking chair - it gives you something to do, but doesn't get you anywhere."

Events such as pandemics and other natural disasters remind us about the uncertainty in life.

All life is fragile and each day is a journey into the unknown, giving rise to fear and anxiety.

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear definition of what "being in the Zone" is, how to achieve it, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of “being in the Zone” currently in your life.

The concept of a "flow state" or" being in the Zone" was proposed by psychologist Mihaly Csilsentmihaliyi.

His research, at the University of Chicago explored many factors that contribute to a life worth living. The study concludes that people in a flow state experience an immense feeling of satisfaction.

The ego is minimised, time flies and temporal concerns appear to lose their importance. Every thought and movement flows inevitably from the previous one - like playing improvised jazz!

A flow state comes from the passion of doing your best at something you love. It is where you are totally absorbed and feel a deep sense of aliveness.

You are using your skills to the utmost and appear to lose track of space, time and sense of self. "Flow" or "being in the Zone" is a subconscious mental state of operation, with a feeling of energised focus and peak performance.

This audiobook will include a guided meditation to help you achieve flow or “being in the Zone”.

Shane Lowry interview courtesy of "The Open" 2019

Professor Aidan Moran - Mindcool Author - presentation courtesy of University College Dublin

This short audio presentation is designed to bring clear understanding of self-discovery, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of our true identity and purpose currently in your life.

By continuously and genuinely asking ourselves, "who am I?" we will discover our inner compass.

Self-discovery involves questions around who we are, what we are and why?

What is our true identity and purpose in life?

How do we ultimately define ourselves? What could the central theme of our life be?

This audio listening experience includes a guided reflection on self discovery

SELF TALK by Dr Denis McBrinn: Narrated by Sara Dylan

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear definition of what self-talk is, how to achieve effective and positive self-talk, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of effective and positive self-talk currently in your life.

"There's someone in my head, but it's not me." Roger Waters

There is a voice inside everyone's head that is constantly talking. It never stops: Always chattering away, every minute of our waking hours. This is known as our "Self-Talk" or "Internal Monologue".

No one else ever hears this internal voice but us. We are the sole listeners to our self-talk.

What our self-talk repeatedly says to us and how we respond to it, has a big influence on our life.

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear definition of what potential is, how to harness it, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of personal potential currently in your life.

"What One Can Be. One Must Be" Abraham Maslow

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear understanding of what being true to yourself means, and to lead you gently into reflection on how your true self can bring clarity to your daily living and the realisation that: To be true to others, you must start by being true to yourself. Once you are true to yourself, you’re also true to other people. "May the True, Higher Self Within - Always Guide You" Krishna Our true self is the soul of being.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Sara Dylan is designed to bring a clear definition of Yin and Yang, how to appreciate the concept, and to give you the opportunity to focus and reflect on the effects of recognising Yin and Yang in your life. "Before day, there must be night. Before falling there must be rising." Tao de ching In ancient Chinese philosophy Yin and Yang represent the two interconnected forces in all things. It describes how seemingly opposite forces may actually be complementary in nature. The pulsation of energy between opposites creates the dance of life.

This short audio learning experience by Dr Denis McBrinn: Narrated by Sara Dylan is designed to bring a clear understanding of what abundance is, how to attract it, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of abundance currently in your life.

In this audio experience; we aim to move beyond entertainment, to touch you the listener, to move you, to help you reflect on your life and potential and to bring to you; hope and enlightenment.

"Once I had money and I spent every dime, still I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind"

When we think of abundance and prosperity in our lives we usually think of wealth and material things.

But the word prosperity comes from the Latin meaning "to live in hope".

True prosperity results from living with an attitude of hope and faith in finding abundance: Abundance, not just in material things but also in health and in spirit.

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear understanding of what self-esteem is, how to develop it, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of self-esteem currently in your life.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" Eleanor Roosevelt

The word esteem derives from the Latin meaning "to estimate".

Self-esteem is about how we estimate or regard ourselves and the beliefs we have about ourselves.

It is related to the type of person we think we are; our values; skills and abilities.

Esteem is associated with our sense of accomplishment.

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear definition of what intuition is, how to recognise and use intuition and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of intuition currently in your life.

"If prayer is you talking to God, then intuition is God talking to you." Wayne Dyer

What is intuition? How does it arise in our lives? How do we develop it?

Derived from the Latin word Intueri, it means “to look within".

Intuition is our inner wisdom that develops from awareness of the "unseen and hidden". Intuition lies within our subconscious. Intuition is like whispered guidance from our soul.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Sara Dylan is designed to bring a clear and unambiguous definition of what challenges are, how to deal with them, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of challenge currently in your life.

"Life's Greatest Opportunities are Fulfilled by Facing Life's Greatest Challenges" Eleesha

There is no shortage of challenges in life! Life is a journey through loss with many obstacles along the way.

We will experience the loss of loved ones through bereavement: The loss of good health through illness, accidents or old age.

And major life events such as: getting married, giving birth, divorce, redundancy and retirement are all challenging times that can cause stress and anxiety.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Sara Dylan is designed to bring a clear understanding of what clutter is, how to stop accumulating it, and to lead you gently into reflection on to clear the clutter currently in your life.

We all want our lives to be full of those things we believe will bring us joy and happiness.

But we also need to be careful not to fill our lives with too much stuff.

Ours is the most complex culture in history.

We experience more activity and devour more information in one day than our ancestors did in a lifetime.

We live in the midst of an intense technological haze of consumerism, advertising and entertainment.

We find it hard to dispose of stuff and now plastic pollutes the planet.

We seem to have an infinite capacity for making a mess!

So why do humans create so much clutter?

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Sara Dylan is designed to bring a clear definition of what fear is, how to deal with it, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of fear currently in your life.

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope will set you free." Shawshank Redemption

One of the most crippling emotions preventing us from facing up to challenges and difficulties is fear. Fear is basically our mind and body’s evolutionary response to perceived threats.

This audio experience will include a mindfulness meditation to help you deal with your fears

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Sara Dylan is designed to bring a clear understanding of what giving means, how to do more of it in your life it, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of giving currently in your life.

“The heart that gives, gathers.” Tao Te Ching

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear understanding of love and how to allow more of it into your life.

Sara Dylan will also be gently leading you through reflection on the level of love currently in your life.

"Do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about Love....." Max Erhmann. Love is humanity's most challenging and powerful emotion.

Its presence or absence in our lives influences everything we feel, think, say, do and become.

When we experience love we seem to be connected to the mysterious fabric of creation.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Sara Dylan is designed to bring a clear understanding of what good health is, how to make sure you have it in your life, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of good health currently in your life.

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear definition of what eating is, how to eat with purpose and mindfulness, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of eating or over-eating currently in your life.

"For the first time in history more people are dying from eating too much, than too little" Thich Nhat Hanh

Becoming more mindful means becoming increasingly aware of what is going on inside us and around us.

This is especially important while we are eating.

Walking by Dr Denis McBrinn narrated by Sara Dylan

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear understanding of the benefits of walking, how to do more of it, and to give you the opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of walking and exercise currently in your life.

"You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk" Carol Burnett

Walking is much more than the mundane activity of getting from A to B, on foot.

Even the very way we learn to walk as babies, teaches us a fundamental lesson about life.

This audio presentation includes a mindfulness reflection walking exercise.

SLEEP by Dr Denis McBrinn; Narrated by Sara Dylan This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear definition of what sleep is, how to achieve more of it, and to give you the opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of sleep currently in your life.

"Wake up to sleep! It's time we learned to value our sleep not as a luxury but as a necessity for life" Dr James Maas

By Dr Denis McBrinn; narrated by Sara Dylan.

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear and understanding of what breathing is, how to use it in living your life, and to lead you gently into reflection of how you can use breathing to bring inner tranquillity into your life.

“If you want to reduce the anxiety from living, live in the moment, live in the breath.” Amit Ray Breathing is for life!

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of what your “inner child” is, how to use it to change your thinking, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of “inner child” currently in your life.

"Become Like Little Children" Matthew 18:3

Learning to connect with the child within is one of the keys to happiness and contentment.

Our Inner Child is the emotional and spiritual essence of our being.

It is in little children where our spiritual nature, in human form, is most obvious.

As young children, growing up, we lived happily in the present moment.

Everything seemed magical.

We were open, trusting, curious, loving and wise.

We laughed, played and had more natural joy and fun than any other time.

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear definition of what work-life balance is, how to achieve it, and to give you the opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of work-life balance currently in your life. "Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life" Dolly Parton Having a satisfying personal life and a satisfying working life are the essence of work-life balance. This audio presentation includes a mindfulness reflection exercise focusing on the achievement of balance in your life

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of what time is and to give you the opportunity to focus and reflect on how you currently spend the precious time in your life.

"Time was away and somewhere else, there were two people, two glasses and one pulse". Louis MacNeice

The quality of the time we spend is not measured by clocks. It is measured by moments of carefree timelessness.

Carefree timelessness is when time appears to stand still.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Sara Dylan is designed to bring a clear definition of what mental wellbeing is, how to ensure it, and to give you a relaxing moment to focus and reflect on the level of mental wellbeing currently in your life.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of how to write your journal to enhance your daily life, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of effective journal writing currently in your life.

"Keep a Journal and one day it might keep you” Mae West

The secret to becoming good at anything is to give it attention.

Whether it is exercise, relationships or building a business, the more attention we give it - the better.

And writing things down in a journal is one of the best ways to understand what is going on in your life.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring clear understanding of mind attentiveness or mindfulness to enhance your daily life, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of effective mind attentiveness or mindfulness currently in your life.

"Mr Duffy lived a short distance from his body." James Joyce

According to a Harvard University study, human minds are attentive about 53% of the time. For the other 47% we’re not paying attention to the present moment. Instead, we are thinking of something else - absent from our body. Like Mr Duffy, from the story in Joyce's "Dubliners", we don't always live in our body.

Our minds are easily detached and go back to the past or transport us to the future.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of how to cope with uncertainty, and to lead you gently into reflection on dealing with the level of uncertainty currently in your life.

"Worry is like a rocking chair - it gives you something to do, but doesn't get you anywhere."

Events such as pandemics and other natural disasters remind us about the uncertainty in life.

All life is fragile and each day is a journey into the unknown, giving rise to fear and anxiety.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of what inner strength is, how to find it and muster it, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of inner strength currently in your life.

It is in uncertain and difficult times, like these, that we have to rely on and develop our inner strength. Inner strength is our “invisible” means of support that helps us get through the toughest times.

It isn't something we are born with. Inner strength is like a small seedling, emerging from stony ground to grow in harsh conditions.

It is a spiritual quality that develops from the practice of self-discipline, belief, endurance and optimism.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of how to find purpose in your life and to lead you gently into reflection on the presence of purpose currently in your life.

"To be what we are and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only purpose of life.” Robert Louis Stevenson

SORROW by Dr Denis McBrinn; Narrated by Sara Dylan This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear understanding of sorrow and how deal with it.

Sara Dylan will be gently leading you through reflection on the level of sorrow currently in your life.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of what your “inner child” is, how to use it to change your thinking, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of “inner child” currently in your life.

"Become Like Little Children" Matthew 18:3

Learning to connect with the child within is one of the keys to happiness and contentment.

Our Inner Child is the emotional and spiritual essence of our being.

It is in little children where our spiritual nature, in human form, is most obvious.

As young children, growing up, we lived happily in the present moment.

Everything seemed magical.

We were open, trusting, curious, loving and wise.

We laughed, played and had more natural joy and fun than any other time.

By Professor Aidan Moran:

In this audio presentation, you will learn how to improve your concentration skills. You will be taught techniques that will enable you to focus on what is most important in any situation while ignoring distractions. Concentration is a practical skill that can enrich our lives considerably. Unfortunately, most of us are probably more familiar with losing our concentration than with effective "focusing" ability.

This recording will explore concentration in three stages. Firstly, it will explain what concentration is, show you how it's influenced by your attitudes and emotions, and give you some practical tips to improve your concentration in a variety of daily situations.

Track list Track 1 Introduction Track 2 What is concentration? Track 3 Psychological factors which affect our concentration Track 4 Effective concentration Track 5 Active listening Track 6 Active reading Track 7 Dealing with distractions Track 8 Distraction analysis Track 9 Concentration techniques Track 10 Visualisation Track 11 Challenge identification Track 12 Summary and Conclusion

To help you to understand and reduce the physiological and psychological consequences of stress. Narrated by Emma Thurston

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of how to cope with uncertainty, and to lead you gently into reflection on dealing with the level of uncertainty currently in your life.

"Worry is like a rocking chair - it gives you something to do, but doesn't get you anywhere."

Events such as pandemics and other natural disasters remind us about the uncertainty in life.

All life is fragile and each day is a journey into the unknown, giving rise to fear and anxiety.

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear definition of what work-life balance is, how to achieve it, and to give you the opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of work-life balance currently in your life. "Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life" Dolly Parton Having a satisfying personal life and a satisfying working life are the essence of work-life balance. This audio presentation includes a mindfulness reflection exercise focusing on the achievement of balance in your life

A full 30 minute self directed relaxation session guided by the hypnotic voice of Norman Brook. Additional narration by Emma Thurston.

This recording is designed to teach you to relax, to escape from the stress of everyday life, forget your worries and just let go. Self directed relaxation aims to relax each of the body’s muscle groups while emphasising slow, easy breathing and visualisation of the tension flowing out of the body. The objective of this training is to gradually help you to reduce the time needed to achieve complete relaxation. While initially it will take several minutes to go through these instructions, with some practice greater and greater relaxation should be achieved in less time.

Eventually only a few seconds will be needed to achieve full body relaxation. Take time to learn this and the results can be very rewarding.