Live your true life
I recently had a conversation with a friend about a video link she had sent me. In the video, a young woman was talking about her video blog on makeup and beauty and how she had received numerous judgemental and…
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Every decision you have made in your past has led you to be living the life you are living right now. The big decisions and the small decisions – they all count. It’s really important that you understand this because,…
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How many of us are plagued by memories of our failures, our embarrassments and our regrets? How often do we dwell in the past, reliving and rehashing the things from our past that we wish never happened, or worse still,…
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If you can imagine it, you can be it. You may have seen this quote, or ones like it, bandied about in motivational books and videos. But is it true? Can you really be and do anything that you can…
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You’ve probably heard that term before – paralysis by analysis. Today’s post is about getting yourself to act before you think yourself out of taking action. We all know what we have to do to initiate a change in our…
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My aunt is in her 90’s and her mind is sharp as a tack. I recently visited her in hospital where she is undergoing some treatment for a physical ailment, and she shared one of her amazing stories from her…
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Hugh Blair, a Scottish minister of religion in the 1700s wisely wrote: “Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come,…
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It’s a word we use all the time without thinking. It’s so common now that we think it’s just part of the standard, accepted vocabulary used in any social, professional and personal situation. F. I. N. E. How are you? …
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It’s OK to say no. We all know that. There are so many articles around telling us to free ourselves from obligations that others have placed on us, or about saying no in order to save our sanity when we…
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It’s winter here in Australia. In Melbourne, where I am right now, it’s particularly cold. And now is the perfect time of year to do some major pruning in the garden and to plant any new trees that I want…
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