Tag: Inspiration
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Reignite Your Spark By Rediscovering Your Passions and Dreams
If you are a woman in your midlife, this blogpost is for you. But it’s also for anyone else who feels a little like you have no idea of what your goals should be, what your passions are, or what values you live your life by. As humans, we are designed to be constantly growing…
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How To Capture Joy – Part Two
This week I bring you Part Two in this mini series on How To Capture Joy. We look at 7 ways you can be a bringer of joy, to those around you. In case you missed Part One, we talked about some simple and practical ways to let joy into your life. I gave three…
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This is A Life Changing Mental Shift.
“Begin your day with an ‘I get to’, mentality instead of an ‘I have to’ thought process, … I GET to go to work. I GET to have a busy day. Whatever it may be. We often dress our opportunities as stress, but they are in fact blessings.” – Dr Caroline Leaf Mic drop. Did…
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Shape your Growth
You are constantly changing, whether you want to or not. You can choose how you grow, or allow your life to shape you. The choice is yours. – Carrie Baker When I was growing up and going through a certain stage of life, I can clearly remember my mum telling me that I had a…
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Find Focus and Clarity with these Questions
Lately, I’ve been needing carve out some time. (If you’ve read my last two blog posts, you’d know all about this, they are here and here) Time for my writing, but also for me. If you’d have asked me not too many years ago, what I really wanted to do with my life, I wouldn’t…
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It’s Time to Take a Leap of Faith Towards Your Dream
Hey dreamer, How are you doing? Are you moving toward that beautiful dream? Do you feel ready for the next phase? You have taken steps toward your dream and given yourself permission to chase those things in your heart. Next there comes a point at which you need to cross an invisible threshold. You go…
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Kindness is a weapon…
Be a light to those Who’ve lost their way Let love and kindness Lead them on To brighter places And better days – Carrie Baker I wrote this short poem while I was getting ready for my day, as I was thinking about a recent ‘about me’ blog post I wrote (you can read that…
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What is Holding You Back?
I love talking to people about their dreams and goals for the future. But as I listen, they often tell me of the things that stop them from going after and pursuing those dreams. It was almost always, fear Fear of failure. Fear they couldn’t do it. Fear of being laughed at and embarrassed. Fear…
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Finding Character Inspiration
Today I had to be in town while Pablo (the family car) was in for an annual roadworthy inspection. As it was drawing closer to the time he was due to be finished (45mins), I wandered passed the auto shop. I saw Pablo sitting with his boot open and a man inside. I asked how…
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Writing prompt #1
Can’t you feel it? Can’t you sense it creeping round the outer edges of your thoughts? It’s there, if you’ll stop long enough to notice. It’s hiding in the shadows of your conscious mind. You feel it sometimes in the shiver of your spine and the goosebumps that appear without reason. Your body knows what…
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