During a conversation with a client this week, it dawned on me how unhelpful mantras such as “failure is not an option” and “don’t quit now” can be as I listened to a client who lamented “I am never able to stick to anything”. She talked about walking away from jobs,...
Many of us dread challenges - it often means we are not getting what we want, we have to go the extra mile or we are wrong in some way. Challenges occur throughout our lives, and we never get to a stage, no matter how young or old we are, when we can say "I have...
How mindfulness can help create a calmer, focused and happier version of you. It's 8.25pm on a typical Wednesday evening. I have just finished my working day since being up from 5:20am this morning and have made plans to meet my fiancé for dinner, wanting to spend...
Have you ever wanted to do something different? Follow a passion or a dream? Work for yourself, change jobs or just choose a different path in your life? How do we find the courage we need to jump off the cliff and follow that dream, or choose that new path? I...
Mum's are the busiest people I know. If you're a mum, how often are you taking time out to relax? Or are you like me and find it hard to relax? Being relaxed can help ease stress, relieve anxiety, depression and sleep problems. To relax means to remove the noise in...
It would have to be one of the most desired tangibles in the world today, and often the most elusive. We can’t live without it and yet the desire for it is the source of much guilt and the lack of it brings so much despair. What is it you ask? That’s right, it’s...
These days everybody is trying to fit so much into their every waking moment. It appears some people cannot even walk down the street without having to check their mobile phone at the same time! Trying to do so many things at once usually means we aren't doing any of...
Journal Your Way to a More Exciting Day Do you feel like you’re living the same day over and over…and over? Our hectic lives can get us in such a routine that we can hardly distinguish February 2009 from February of this year! Even if something awe inspiring does...
You’re reading this on Smart Healthy Women because you're looking for something, you want to develop, you’ve been attracted to it because you have a need. Life in the 21st Century is very busy, with mobile phones, internet - we’re a 24 hour 7 day a week society. Yet...
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