When you think of mindfulness, what do you picture? Is it a luxurious savasana at the end of a yoga class? An afternoon spent perched on a meditation cushion, listening to relaxing music and focusing on your breath? A moment, amid a crisis, spent centring yourself and watching your thoughts float by like clouds? Yes. …
When you own a business or just really love what you do, you probably find yourself working all the time – I know I do at times… I just get carried away. However, it is important to have a Work & Life Balance and have passions outside of work. It’s not only healthy but also essential …
I am sure you’ve heard the following quote endless times; “Who you spend time with the most is who you will become.” It’s needless to say how important it is to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state – meaning surround yourself with positive people and in my case, spend time …
Self-love is something you feel. You know when you are not loving yourself, that you feel drained and tired and out of balance. Also, feelings of anger and frustration are signalling that something is out of balance. There are many indicators for the need for more self-loving care-taking. Because when we love ourselves, we are …
When making a big change in our lives, it can be easier to break it up into a few small changes to avoid overwhelm. When we decide that it’s time for big changes in our lives, it is wise to ease into them by starting small. Small changes allow us to grow into a new …
Happiness experts are saying that buying luxury goods tends to create one-upmanship behaviour and that wealth may actually interfere with people’s ability to enjoy positive emotions that come from life’s small pleasures, like eating a chocolate bar. On the flip side, investing in an event-related activity like travel or cooking classes is less likely to …
I saw a quote on social media last year that has resonated with me ever since. This quote put into words the feelings that I had been having of late, in a way that I just could not quite do. The quote read: “Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set …
It’s easy to fall into a slump and feel completely uninspired. It happens to everyone. The trick is finding the techniques to get yourself out of it and to come out even better on the other side. Start by not getting down on yourself. This only adds fuel to the fire. It’s important to make …
Deep down we are all excessively self-critical, even the seemingly most confident people have a well-developed inner critic’. The inner critic …is the part of each of us that nags away and is never satisfied with our performance. You can easily recognise its voice: it is the one that tells you off all the time; …
For many people, their level of confidence shifts depending on what’s going on around them. In certain conditions, there is a feeling of confidence but in others, they feel discomfort – shyness, self-judgment, fear, unworthiness, or uselessness – these are all external types of confidence. What is Core Confidence you ask? CORE CONFIDENCE comes from within and is not …
