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Apr 21

6 Reasons Why Long Hikes Improve Your Mental Toughness

I’ve used walking and hiking as a part of my personal strategy to manage my physical health for many years. It’s only more recently I realised how much of a benefit both have also been to managing my mental health. Hiking especially has really helped me to stay mentally strong…

Hiking

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6 Reasons Why Long Hikes Improve Your Mental Toughness
6 Reasons Why Long Hikes Improve Your Mental Toughness

May 12, 2021

What Does Success Mean To You?

I spent a long time being what I thought other people wanted and expected me to be, you can pigeon hole yourself so easily. Now, after much reading, writing and soul searching, I finally feel as though I am comfortable in my own skin. When you have your own individual…

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What Does Success Mean To You?
What Does Success Mean To You?

May 6, 2021

Consistency Works But Sounds So Dull and Boring

It’s Also The Perfect Excuse When I Fall Off My Unicorn It feels a bit counter-intuitive to be talking about being consistent in the same headspace as trying to make a lot of small changes in your life. How can you be consistent if you’re going through a radical re-vamp? …

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Consistency Works But Sounds So Dull and Boring
Consistency Works But Sounds So Dull and Boring

May 2, 2021

Accept Your Uniqueness and Use it to Your Advantage

There’s something really powerful about not giving a f**k about what anyone else thinks about you. I used to care a lot about what people thought when I walked into a room. Now I really don’t give a shit. It’s not that I don’t care about anyone else’s feelings, far…

Positive Thinking

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Accept Your Uniqueness and Use it to Your Advantage
Accept Your Uniqueness and Use it to Your Advantage

Apr 28, 2021

Live Life Like a Whack-A-Mole

With the Knowledge That Things Always Get Better I struggled on my daily walk today, for some reason when you get to be a lady of a certain age everything starts to stop working like it used to. Everything takes ten times longer to heal, including hangovers. Parts of your…

Positive Mindset

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Live Life Like a Whack-A-Mole
Live Life Like a Whack-A-Mole

Apr 27, 2021

The Only Person Stopping You Living Your Best Life Is You

I have always loved motivational quotes; they can help to inspire you when you’re having a hard day; they can reaffirm things when you’re having a good one; they can make you think. And sometimes they can stop you in your tracks. Like the following quote did to me today… …

Positive Mindset

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The Only Person Stopping You Living Your Best Life Is You
The Only Person Stopping You Living Your Best Life Is You

Apr 25, 2021

How Can You Cultivate an Openness to Ideas?

Yesterday I watched my cat sitting in the most awkward possible position imaginable just because it was a little bit familiar. You see I’d moved the furniture around in my bedroom and she really doesn’t like change much, even less than I do in fact. …

Positive Mindset

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How Can You Cultivate an Openness to Ideas?
How Can You Cultivate an Openness to Ideas?

Apr 23, 2021

How Pushing Out of Your Comfort Zone Can Help With Change

Plan More Adventures and Unleash Your Curiosity Friday nights are special. Well, to be fair maybe not if you have to work. But then you’ll have an equivalent night you can pick. It’s the feeling of a Friday that’s special not the actual day itself. Knowing you’ve got a couple…

Positive Mindset

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How Pushing Out of Your Comfort Zone Can Help With Change
How Pushing Out of Your Comfort Zone Can Help With Change

Apr 22, 2021

The Surprising Qualities of Someone Who Has Inner Strength

Some days it can be harder to find your inner strength than others. Life is always throwing us curve balls and testing our resolve and determination to see things through by giving us obstacles to overcome. …

Change

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The Surprising Qualities of Someone Who Has Inner Strength
The Surprising Qualities of Someone Who Has Inner Strength

Apr 21, 2021

Here’s Why Making Small Changes Might Make the Process of Change Easier

Well over a year ago, I wrote about how making smaller changes might work better as a personal growth strategy than trying to make drastic changes overnight. I’d recognised in myself that in the past making big changes quickly hasn’t always seen the best outcomes for me. …

Positive Mindset

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Here’s Why Making Small Changes Might Make the Process of Change Easier
Here’s Why Making Small Changes Might Make the Process of Change Easier
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