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Learnings, tips & tricks for anyone to reference to during difficult times, stressful days or when you feel the need to reframe.
Forget time management, it's all about energy and mindset.
We've all been there: the ever-expanding to-do list, the constant feeling of chasing the clock, and the nagging suspicion that there just aren't enough hours in the day. But what if the key to unlocking true productivity wasn't about squeezing more tasks into a fixed timeframe, but …
Embracing Kintsugi: A guide to overcome Perfectionism.
We don’t have to be perfect to be successful or beautiful. In fact, Kintsugi or ‘golden joinery’ teaches us that if we choose to embrace our struggles, treat our ‘breakages’ as …
Don’t take selling so seriously!
Few days ago, I was coming back home after running some errands and heard a little voice from across the street: “Would you like to come and see our shop?!”
Intrigued, I went over and found two young girls next to a makeshift stall. No, they weren’t selling lemonade but all sorts of…
I love micro-stepping!
I'm a big fan of micro-stepping! By this I mean working 5 mins every day (or whichever length of time you can easily fit in your day) towards a long-term goal, one micro-step at a time. It works very well for me. For example…
You don’t know how to relax!
My partner is someone pretty chilled. We get on well as I am the complete opposite and opposites attract, right? He often tells me that “I don’t know how to relax”. He has a …
Comparisonitis.
A totally unhelpful activity that leaves you feeling inadequate, and with your confidence and self-worth in tatters. Once you’ve caught yourself doing it, here are a few tips to stop you in your tracks…
On motherhood and business.
I am a mum of 3. I have 3 wonderful kids, my eldest son is 21, my daughter 19 and my youngest is 13. Lots of people have commented that I look too young to have adult children, but I started my family rather early. In fact…
Eat the rainbow.
Over the years, I have realised that to keep my mental health in check, I needed to be quite vigilant and to look after myself (body and mind) better. That means…
My first career change.
At the beginning of my career, I used to work in research labs. Over the years I worked on lupus, HIV and corneal transplantation in some very prestigious institutions in Paris and London. This sounds cool and I should have been grateful but…
Name it, tame it.
‘There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing.’
Languishing or feeling a sense of emptiness and stagnation. Have you felt it? I have. In fact, I have been feeling it for weeks but until today I was unable to really put my finger on it…
International Day of Happiness.
Today is the UN International Day of Happiness and the theme for this year: Keep calm. Stay wise. Be kind. With our world facing unprecedented challenges, wellbeing matters more than ever indeed so find out the few things I do to become happier.
International Women Day.
On this International Women Day, wishing all of you ladies a fabulous day!
Read on to find out why women are more likely to bear the brunt of the social and economic consequences of the COVID -19 pandemic which has deepened pre-existing inequalities.
Mindful March.
Research shows that an 8-week mindfulness meditation class can lead to structural brain changes in areas known to be important for learning and memory, and in structures associated with self-awareness, compassion and introspection.
Here are few tips to get your practice started.
Time to talk.
Today is Time To Talk Day, a campaign started by mental health charity #timetochange to encourage us all to be more open and have a conversation about our mental health problems, which this year is more important than ever.
Here are few tips to encourage others to open up.
Forget Blue Monday.
The third Monday of January (Blue Monday) is supposedly the most depressing day of the year… To be honest for a lot of us, it might feel like we have got stuck on that day since last year….
Read on for some tips on how to make things a little easier right now.
Tip 7 - Embrace the perfectly imperfect.
Is your best never good enough? Do you put a lot of pressure on yourself?
A lot of us are striving for perfection and putting the bar so high that it can drain the joy out of life and considerably increase our stress levels.So, is it time to say, ‘good enough is good enough’? – my motto for 2020 by the way as I am a ‘recovering perfectionist’.
This week’s “Rise and Grow in Uncertain Times’ post helps us give ourselves a break.
Tip 6 - Change your mindset.
Last week, we saw that learning to worry less could positively impact our stress levels, but another way to address our stress is to change the way we think about it.
This week in the “Rise and Grow in Uncertain Times’ series we think of ways to help change our mindset.
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