What makes us wake up early in the morning to go for a walk or to the gym or for a run? Why do we plan shopping sprees in sale season, despite the large crowds?

Professor Steve Peters in his book, The Chimp Paradox, talks about how all of us harbour an inner chimp. This restless, unthinking, instinct and emotion driven part of our inner selves, is not you, it’s like an alter ego, the part of you that can show up unannounced.