Posts by David Hurst
How to have your best summer ever!
My article for Avery Life magazine – advice on how to live well and feel as if the sun is shining on you every day!
Read MoreSeven ways to feel brilliant every day
My article for Soltalk magazine – simple things anyone can do to feel positive and energised. http://www.soltalk.com/comment/june-2021/
Read MoreMy chat with Russell Brand on the Twelve Steps & the hero’s journey
I ask comedian, actor & wellness advocate Russell Brand about the unequivocal connection between the hero’s journey and the Twelve Steps. He tells a wonderful story about life told to him by mythologist and author Michael Meade – that’s really about everything.
Read MoreYou have power over your mind – vital Stoic quotes for the modern world
Actor Russell Brand and bestselling author Matt Haig – who are often described as mental health ambassadors – have both mentioned it: Stoicism. Other celebrities have also discovered its wisdom, including actor Tom Hiddleston and musician LL Cool J. This ancient method for living life on life’s terms with strength, empathy and compassion is seeing…
Read MoreLove, parenting, addiction, pain, recovery and growth – the Mindset Explosion interview
In which we cover so much, including why the pain of mental health is guiding you to exactly where you’re supposed to be, how to parent successfully, what recovery is really about and why LOVE is the word that covers it all. Words To Change Your Life Special Guest David Hurst on Mindset Explosion presented…
Read MoreBe grateful, feel great
Anything we focus on will grow – whether that’s negative or positive. As a man or woman thinks in their hearts, so they will be. Or as founder of the Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, said: “Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right.” The power of thinking is massive. That is if you’re…
Read MoreWhat is the true aim of recovery?
Excerpt from my book 12 Steps To 1 Hero: We need to be adaptable to change. As author and pastor John C Maxwell says: “Change is inevitable… growth is optional. To grow you must see the value in yourself to add value to yourself and others. You must know yourself to grow yourself, and it…
Read MoreAll about anxiety
Anxiety is an unease about anything with an uncertain outcome. So this means essentially life on life’s terms… as that’s the nature of being alive. Having a little occasional anxiety is okay. It helps us to focus when there’s a potential hazard ahead. But anxiety is basically a form of fear. So having a certain…
Read More“My sex hell” – article I wrote for Marie Claire magazine
Sex addiction is often seen as a licence to behave badly. Tom, 39, a charity worker, is actually typical of the thousands of ordinary people who battle this compulsion. Here, he tells his story to David Hurst. July 2002 I am 32 and a manager of a centre for disabled clients. I have family and…
Read MoreHow the etymology of words used in recovery reveals everything…
This is an excerpt from my book Words To Change Your Life: A Dictionary For Recovery. In the beginning was the Word… Person – from Latin persona “actor’s mask, character in a play”, later to mean a human being like us. Character – from Greek kharaktēr meaning “a stamping tool”. From the early sense “distinctive mark” arose “token, feature, or trait” by…
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