I don’t want to be misunderstood here. Yes I’m very happy and very good at optimism. But this does NOT mean I don’t have bad days. I do. One night last year I was so miserable about my life that I decided if I wasn’t any happier in a year’s time I could kill myself. […]
Category Archives: Be kind to yourself
You choose I should or I want
It’s so easy to get caught in the ‘I shoulds’. I know I am doing it in the mornings about getting up and doing yoga. I am slowly trying to update my language to bring more ease and joy into my life. What is the difference between I should and I want? I should get […]
BOOK REVIEW: ‘first, we make the beast beautiful’ by Sarah Wilson
WOW. What an eye opener. I loved this book. I’m struggling to get through some books at the moment but this one I couldn’t put down and finished in 2 days. The tip of my iceberg is totally ‘life natural’ and that’s who I thought I was. But I’ve learnt that I’m not. I nodded […]
Cut yourself some slack
(from the Honolulu Museum of Art – May 2016) I’ve really been struggling to work out how I can be so tired after 4 months of not having a ‘normal 9 – 5 job’. Usually we take a week off here and there to rejuvenate and we are insanely excited and then head back to […]
The monk who sold his Ferrari
Today I finished reading Robin Sharma’s ‘The Monk who Sold his Ferrari’. Adored it!!!! So feel good. And practical. The key lessons for a better life are: mastering your mind to fill it with positive thoughts, following your purpose and doing the things you want/love to do, practicing Kaizen (constant and never ending improvement), living with […]
Let’s have fun and deliberately ignore the experts
You don’t have to be a morning person. You don’t have to do yoga. You don’t have to eat 3 meals a day. You don’t have to wear the latest fashions. You don’t have to be a minimalist. You don’t have to use adult colouring in books. You don’t have to follow current investment advice. […]
4 experiments for the best self esteem
2017 has started as a year of soul searching for me. I’ve had time to ponder and reflect which has expanded my self awareness. And what has become increasingly important to me is growing my self worth. Unless we really believe in ourselves I think we struggle to make big changes or do things to make our […]
I’m shocked – being kind to yourself is SO hard
Now this is a huge realisation. I think this is BIG for all of us. I’m tired. My body hurts. I’m waking up in the mornings with no energy. How can this be? I’ve now had 14 weeks off work. My first thought is ‘what is wrong with me’? What a terrible first negative thought. […]
Doing it (or not doing it in this case) for self-love
This year I’ve decided is all about growing my self worth. The first area I started reviewing was my relationships and what they have looked like for the last couple of years. And I don’t feel they have been reflecting me feeling worthy. So to begin, I am committing to myself that there will be no […]
What if Valentine’s Day gave you a reason to change you?
In Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert says… When I get lonely these days, I think: So be lonely. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it… Welcome to the human experience… Never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings. If […]