There are many people I admire on the planet, like tonnes!! They come from all walks of life, work in all sorts of different fields, and have all inspired me in different ways. I must admit, I’m certainly not fickle when it comes to looking for new people to learn from or get inspired by.…
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Yep, it’s that time of year again. We are on the downward slide to Christmas, New Year, and a time when people reflect on what they want as January 1 rolls in to town. For some people, they have kicked a tonne of goals this year and are feeling pretty damn chuffed with themselves. For…
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Last weekend I had the pleasure of speaking about Empowerment at the Om Shanti Foundation Cocktail Gala. It was a fabulous night full of beautiful people, great food, and most importantly generosity. I was very honoured that Shanti – the creator of the charity – asked me to speak. Being someone who loves empowerment (particularly the empowerment…
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Words are important. Words create our reality. Words are the pathway to both pleasure and pain. Yet so often we don’t realise that our words can save or break lives so when I heard the term “verbal first aid” I immediately fell in love with it. The term was coined by Judith Simon Prager PhD, a writer,…
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Often when I start working with people, one of the things they tell me they want to experience more of is happiness. Ahh, sweet, sweet happiness, where art thou?? The first step is to understand what brings YOU happiness. It is different for each of us so the copy-and-paste approach may not work. It’s a…
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My beautiful mum had many favourite sayings and that’s most probably where I got it from! One of her most fave was “You don’t ask, you don’t get”, and she rolled it out enough that it has been imprinted on my brain and reflected in my actions since day Dot. It’s pretty simple really: if…
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I have just returned from a wonderful holiday in the UK and Croatia, and yes, it’s nice to be home BUT…….. I am missing the Adriatic Sea. I am missing daily backgammon challenges with my gorgeous nieces and dad. I am missing the wine, cheese and the carefree abandon of Dalmatian life. Dalmatia is a…
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There are so many great strategies to create success in life. Achievement is a science. If you follow some principles, take action, and commit to the outcome, then you WILL create success – you simply have to. The challenge many people have is they don’t adhere to the principles, take enough action (or the right action), and…
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Ahhh spring, it is so good to see you my friend!!! This time of year makes my heart so very happy: the days are warming up, the birds are chirping, and the blossoms have arrived on the plum tree in my front garden. Spring is a time of renewal, birth, and growth and it is definitely…
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How quickly times change…. I was reading back through some previous blogs I’ve written and saw one from August 2018 called I always thought I would have kids…. That blog was about how I was single and childless at 43 and as much as I loved my life, it wasn’t how I thought it would go.…
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