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November 16, 2023

A Million Times Over, I Choose Me

This blog is, in a sense, a love letter to my life. To your life. To all life. Take it as your own. Say out loud ‘I choose me’. With me. On your own. In silence, or out loud. But, whatever you do, make sure you choose you.

What do I mean by all this rambling? I mean, don’t allow yourself even for a minute to forget that the breath in your lungs is a gift. That each breath YOU breathe is gifted only to you and that makes you special. It means, this is YOUR life and you need to learn to live it on your terms. It means you need to remember yourself in all your kindness and stop putting your own needs on the back burner. Above all, it means now is the time to pay attention to how valuable each moment is. How valuable you are.

October 27, 2023

Tomorrow Never Comes So Live for Today

How different would the world be If we could grasp this simple concept and understand that each moment is pure gold? Not only would we value ourselves and our time more, we would be able to tune into the value in everyone else’s precious moments too. The idea that tomorrow never comes is such a powerful, thought-provoking idea, and yet somehow we miss the gravity of it. We know that we all move on past this life, but we don’t want to think about it. We push it aside. It’s too big. Too much for us to think about. And, I get it, the idea of dying is after all so very final. I’d like to say we don’t think about tomorrow because we are living for today but sadly that’s just not the case. In fact, I’d argue that should be the exact reason why we shouldn’t think about tomorrow.

September 1, 2023

So Many Reasons to be Happy

We are so focused on things to worry about in life that we don’t tend to use much of our energy on what we have to be grateful for. On our reasons to be happy. For this reason, I want this blog to be 100% focused on all the reasons we have to be happy. Imagine a world where we focus on how grateful we are. Where we focus on how healthy we are, or we focus on the opportunities that we have laid out before us. It is a mystery to me, why the human race thrives on the negative when to really thrive, all we need to do is focus on the positive. Maybe just the act of paying attention to what we have to be happy about can allow us to be happier.

August 10, 2023

How to Stay Positive in a Negative World

Obviously, there is no one size fits all answer to the question of how to stay positive in a negative world, but there are many ways we can help ourselves through some of life’s toughest moments. Sometimes we need to look at what makes life easier when it feels like those grey clouds are there to stay. We need a gentle reminder that the sun will rise tomorrow. That the dark clouds will pass. That even the difficult days don’t last forever. Here are some ways to stay positive in a negative world.

July 26, 2023

Secrets for How to Change Your Mindset

Is there some secret sauce when it comes to mindset? If there were a bottle labelled ‘how to change your mindset’ it would be flying off the shelves, don’t you think? I know not so long ago I would have bought it! And I would have paid a pretty penny for it too. But, I know now that our mindset doesn’t come in a bottle. It develops over time. It soaks up the impressions from our environment, the experiences we have gone through and the people we have encountered and it rolls it all up into this big blob of ‘conclusions’ about life. But, what if our mindsets a) don’t serve us and, b) are made up of more than a couple of lies!

July 12, 2023

Journaling: A Path to Self-Discovery

When you first set out on your self improvement journey it can feel like there is so much advice and tools to help you that you simply don’t know where to start. To me there is a clear winner and that is journaling. I believe in the incredible power of journaling to change our mindset, our point of view and our sense of self. That’s a big statement, I know, but I really believe it. I have used the power of journaling my thoughts since I was a teenager and it has the ability to help you get to the bottom of anything you may be going through in life.

June 2, 2023

You DO Make a Difference

We’ve all had that person or people in our lives that impacted us. Someone that we look up to. It could be a famous figure such as Gandhi, Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela. Or it could be the old lady down the road that always has time to listen to somebody or to help somebody out. These people impact us with their kindness. Their generosity of spirit. They are our role models. The people we look up to. The people we aspire to be like in some way in our lives. These people seem somehow to make a difference and that impacts us. You could say we want a piece of that ‘impact pie’.

May 26, 2023

Being Open to a Sense of Purpose

There’s a driving force within each and every one of us. No matter your interests, goals or aspirations in this life. A drive to be the best that we can be. It could be to start a charity that supports your community. It could be to make it to the Olympics or to sail around the world. Or, it could be to sell the best lemon meringue pie your town has ever seen! It is a calling within us that drives us to ‘more’. Ambition has nothing to do with it. It is our own personal sense of purpose. And if you think you don’t have it, I urge you to think on it some more because, trust me you do!

May 19, 2023

10 No Negativity Quotes To Shift Your Mindset

We love to talk about positivity but what about the effects of the negativity that we are trying to get away from? This list of no negativity quotes is intended to get you thinking about those not so pleasant thoughts and to inspire you to consciously make a change. To clear them out of your head and get yourself on the track to a more positive mindset.

May 13, 2023

Do You Need To Master Your Emotions?

We’re an emotional species. It’s part of being human. So, why do we feel that we need to control our emotions? Why do we think mastering our emotions makes us ‘better’ somehow?

I’d like to look at mastering your emotions from a different perspective in this blog because I believe we need to befriend our emotions, and NOT try to control them. We need to reconnect with our humanity, and learn to master our emotions through lovingly accepting them instead.

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A Million Times Over, I Choose Me

A Million Times Over, I Choose Me

Tomorrow Never Comes So Live for Today

Tomorrow Never Comes So Live for Today

So Many Reasons to be Happy

So Many Reasons to be Happy

How to Stay Positive in a Negative World

How to Stay Positive in a Negative World

Secrets for How to Change Your Mindset

Secrets for How to Change Your Mindset

Journaling: A Path to Self-Discovery

Journaling: A Path to Self-Discovery

You DO Make a Difference

You DO Make a Difference

Being Open to a Sense of Purpose

Being Open to a Sense of Purpose

10 No Negativity Quotes To Shift Your Mindset

10 No Negativity Quotes To Shift Your Mindset

Do You Need To Master Your Emotions?

Do You Need To Master Your Emotions?

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