Do you ever feel selfish for choosing to do things you want to do? Or feel guilty the whole time you are doing something nice for yourself? Ever wondered why it’s hard to give put yourself first for once? What you need to understand is that under these feelings is an underlying issue with your self worth. A belief that somehow you need to deserve or earn your own time, love and attention. In this vlog I share a journaling exercise to help you switch your perspective from guilt to self love so that you can easily take time for the things you want and truly enjoy them.
Read MoreWhile your intentions for wanting to change something in your life might be pure and come from a positive place, too often what is truly driving this desire is an unconscious fear or limiting belief. Going after a goal or trying to create a new habit from this energy makes it hard to achieve. You’re essentially setting yourself up to fail. In this vlog I teach you how to uncover your hidden ’why’ for your goals and help you reframe any fear or limiting belief to something that empowers you and frees you up to feel true motivation and drive.
Read MoreDo you know where your beliefs about yourself come from? Have you ever stopped to questions whether they are really true for you? Ever thought you could simply re-write those beliefs and choose again? Most of us have no idea that we have pre-programmed, subconscious beliefs playing out in our minds. These types of beliefs often keep us playing small, holding back in life and stop us taking risks and following our dreams. In this vlog I share with 3 steps that will help you recognise and rewrite a limiting belief or false story that's getting in your way of success and holding you back in life.
Read MoreLife doesn't always go to plan and sometimes, despite our best efforts life doesn't look the way we'd like it to. And when this happens, it is not about first deciding how to make our life look a different way so that we will feel better, it’s about asking, what can I shift within me to make the most of this situation. You only ever have the present moment in which to experience your life. You don’t want to let it slip by while you are waiting for the storm to pass. Here are 3 essential tools that will help you see what you’re experiencing in a more appreciative light so that you feel good now, and not when things on the outside finally change.
Read More2020 has been a crazy year and there has been a lot for us to process. With so much fear and unknown present in our lives each and every day, it can feel very hard to stay positive and feel happy. In fact, many of my clients have had a real struggle to maintain a healthy mindset and have found themselves stuck in cycles of negative thinking. I want to share with you my 5 step process to stop the habit of negative thinking and reduce your levels of stress, anxiety and worry.
Read MoreYou have a dream, a desire, an inner knowing about what you could be doing every day that would make your life more enjoyable, exciting and fun. You really want to be doing that thing. But, when you think about showing up, taking that first step and actually going through with it your thoughts work over time, your fears get in your face,and you pre-live all the scenarios of what might happen and decide to do nothing instead. Sound familiar? Here are 3 important things you need to know about your fears so they no longer hold you back.
Read MoreAsking the mind for guidance is like opening the door to a library filled with 1 million books and trying to find the one book that has your answer. So when we change the way we ask questions, we can then use our minds to give rise to the truth that is within us and use words to describe what is actually going on, what is actually what we feel, what we really need, what we really want. Because when we turn inward and ask, how do I feel? There is only one answer. The truth.
Read MoreWhat a year 2020 has been so far! With so much change, growth and upheaval happening around us it is only natural that we change too. I want to invite you to take some time to answer these 5 questions and reflect upon what has shifted for you and how you intentionally want to show up differently as we move into Part 2 of 2020. Your life is yours to create, now more than ever. How will you show up?
Read MoreRecently I heard a debate where one side said ‘we are all in the same boat’ with regards to the pandemic and situation we’re in. The oppositions said, ‘we’re in the same storm but we are in very different boats.’ This second sentiment rang true for me and got me thinking about how my own experience right now is very different to so many people I know. In this vlog I offer you 6 practices to help guide you through uncertain times and how we can navigate this challenging time in history, this storm we are in, no matter what boat you find yourself in.
Read MoreI think we all know deep down that too much time on social media is not good for us but we spend hours on there anyway often reaching for our phones without realising it, or worse, when in the company of our loved ones. It is important for us to cultivate healthy habits with all the vices available to us and social media is definitely one of them. Here are a few of my thoughts around how we can have a healthy relationship with the online world in order to not disconnect from what is good, real and actually working in our lives and keep ourselves connected to the present moment and all the joy that it holds.
Read MoreMetta Meditation is also known as loving kindness meditation and helps us to develop and anchor into compassion, kindness and empathy. It helps us step away from focusing on "I, me, mine" and turn towards thinking of others and developing a sense of being ok with what is. This meditation can feel really amazing and can deeply affect how we approach each new day. It is kind of like doing a gratitude practice every morning. I really encourage you to try it with me and then commit to doing it each morning for the next 10 days and notice how life changes for you.
Read MoreThis is one of my favourite breathwork tools for calming an overactive mind, feelings of fear and that overwhelming sense of things being out of control. I often use this technique myself when I find myself lying awake at night, tossing and turning in bed with my mind racing and negative thoughts chasing each other around in my head. It is so easy to do and yet has a seriously powerful physical effect on our bodies as we stimulate our parasympathetic nervous system. With all that is going on in the world right now and subsequently in our thoughts, this tool is one you will find incredibly useful.
Read MoreHave you ever had one of those moments where you are going about your day and then something happens that triggers a wave of uneasy emotions and a host of negative thoughts that then seem to take over your body and mind?In this video I share with you 3 powerful practices that we can do that help us recognise that these feelings and thoughts are related to past events and not happening or relevant to us in this moment, as well as how to stop those negative thoughts and feelings from taking over, running wild and ruining your day.
Read MoreIt all begins and ends in the mind. Our dreams, our goals, our willpower, and even our level of commitment to see things through. When we are stuck in a cycle of poor choices and bad habits the first thing we need to do to break the cycle is to tweak the way we are interacting with our thoughts. If they aren't helpful, we aren't going anywhere! If we can relate to them in new ways, we can open ourselves up to having different feelings, taking action and our life finally looking the way we truly want it to.
Read MoreOur words have tremendous weight and power especially when we use them repeatedly. ‘Should’ and “shouldn’t’ are two words that connote that we’re making poor choices or not doing our best. Guilt and shame are feelings that often come up when we overuse these words. These feelings are connected to thoughts about us that are self-deprecating and unhelpful. In this short video I share with you a super simple word change that will lift the heaviness of guilt that comes with our busy lives and help you find a feeling of lightness and possibility for all the choice you make.
Read MoreOne of my most vulnerable posts. I spent the last 2 years telling myself a story. A story about how much I hated my life where I lived and all that it lacked. l reached a point of despair, disconnection, deep unhappiness and unbearable sadness. In an attempt to find a solution to my “life” problem I headed to Bali where I met a man who changed my life forever. The encounter showed me that I was no victim of circumstances, but rather FULLY responsible for my reality and that that reality had all been created by my mind! This was both a hard truth and a blessing to discover.
Read MoreHow we begin our day sets the tone for the rest of our day. How do you want to feel today? Staring our day in the right frame of mind allows us to handle life’s challenges, ups and downs, twist and turns with more patience, ease and joy. Here are 5 simple and effective habits that you can add into your morning routine that will help set the tone for your day and ensure you are feeling, thinking and acting as your very best all day, every day.
Read MoreDo you ever have those days where before you’ve even opened your eyes you have an internal sense of dread, or overwhelm, or even anxiety? Mornings where you feel like you haven’t even started your day but you feel off or uneasy already? Or perhaps you feel like that everyday? In this short vlog, I offer 3 simple practices that you can do to quiet the voice in your head and dial down anxiety right now.
Read MoreLike the setting sun and the crashing wave, just like that, things change. Whether we realise it or not, we are always in a state of flux, a perpetual state of motion and change. Every second of the day we are becoming a different version of ourselves. Sometimes it is just more noticeable than others. Here are 5 simple practices that will help you navigate change with ease and sanity.
Read MoreNothing in life is realistic or unrealistic. There is only what we think about certain situations. Are you subconsciously using being a realist as a way to hide from your fears, play small, and not have to do the hard work? Discover why it’s time to stop being “realistic” and how to step into the unknown with confidence, clarity, and certainty in order to live the life you long for.
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