If you feel like you’ve been lacking in the confidence department lately, read on. In this post, I will share five ways to help you boost your self-confidence levels. But first, what is self-confidence and why does it matter? Self-confidence is about having faith in yourself. That includes your abilities, strengths and talents. It’s about feeling like you can rely…
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How To Increase Your Motivation Levels By Celebrating Your Accomplishments.
Whether it’s a big win or a small one, it’s important to celebrate your accomplishments. In our fast paced lives, we often race from one thing to next without much thought. Accomplishments are shrugged off like it’s no big deal and our focus goes to the next goal. While, there is nothing wrong being ambitious and goal driven, it is…
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5 Myths I’ve Learned About Being An Adult.
As a child, I wanted to know what the adults were talking about. I wanted to grow up (literally and metaphorically). I felt as though I was missing out on so much when the adults would have a child free conversation. I’d roll my eyes when an adult said ‘enjoy being a kid’ but in my eagerness to be older,…
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Why Doing One Task Is Better Than Multi-Tasking.
Multi-tasking gives the illusion of getting many things done simultaneously yet focusing on one task at a time yields greater results. There’s a satisfaction that comes with seeing one task through to completion before moving on to another task. The reason why focusing on one task (or single tasking) works is because you spend more time doing and less time…
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Why It’s Important To Identify What Your Core Values Are.
If we want to lead authentic and rich lives, we need to know what are core values are. When we know what these values are, we can begin to live an aligned life. The decisions we make, the way in which we invest our time, money and energy is made easier because we have a blueprint to follow. Sometimes, purpose…
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Why It’s Important to Celebrate Small Wins.
When you achieve a goal do you: Pause to celebrate your achievement or move on to the next one? In today’s’ fast paced world, many of us follow the same pattern of creating a goal, achieving it and then almost immediately after, moving on to the next one. We brush off our achievements as if nothing has changed. While it…
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Affirmations. Why You Need Them And How To Write Them.
Affirmations are an important part of any mindfulness toolkit when used correctly. In this article, I will outline why you should start to use them (if you’re not already) and how to write them so they work for you. So, what exactly are affirmations? Well, affirmations are short phrases that are empowering, motivating and inspiring. When repeated daily, they can…
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5 Simple Ways To Discover What Your Purpose In Life Is.
In my previous post I explained why it’s important to know your purpose. You read more about that here. This week, I want to give you 5 simple ways to help you discover what your purpose is. For many of us, our purpose doesn’t come to us in an instant. We may go through many chapters in our lives before…
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Why It’s Important To Know What Your Purpose Is.
Do you know what your purpose is? Is it something that you’ve thought about before? Whether you have or haven’t, I’m going to give a few reasons why it’s important to know what your purpose is. But first, let’s start with a definition. In the context of this post, I’m going to define purpose as your intention or the reason…
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How To Respond When A Plan Doesn’t Go As Anticipated.
Sometimes plans don’t unfold as we had anticipated and that can leave you in a mood. Others may tell you not to get your hopes up but when it’s something you want, it’s hard not to. I don’t believe that downplaying how much you want something to happen is the answer. When we get our hopes up, it just shows…
