You always knew in your heart that your brother/mother/spouse/child was not doing okay. But you had so hoped it would be stress, the flu lack of sleep…anything else than this…a diagnosis of a serious mental illness. What do you do? Continue reading
We climb from the trenches to reach the top, and once we get there, we’re content with our achievements—but warning! Complacency will lead to extinction. Success is a wild and crazy rollercoaster, full of ups, downs, and unexpected turns. While … Continue reading
I’m not getting much sleep at the moment.
I’m up until midnight most nights, even beyond, and sometimes I wake up at 4am in the morning with my mind buzzing and energised.
I’m also the busiest I have even been in my life.
Tired? Exhausted? Stressed? Anxious?
None of the above.
I’m excited!
I can’t help but jump from my bed when I wake in the middle of the night and get to my computer and press the ‘on’ button. I sit there waiting eagerly in the darkness for the bright white glow of the screen to light up my face. Continue reading
I used to think there was a formula for life. Do X and Y happens. Being the Type A person that I am…or used to be, I believed that if you worked hard, you’ll succeed. That was it. And while this is still true to some extent, what forced me down a spiraling path of anxiety and stress was a strong sense of uncertainty in my job, career and increasingly in life.
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We all want to make this holiday season more about love than about gifts. Why is actually doing it so much harder than we thought? Continue reading
Are you waiting for the skies to part and for your life’s purpose to be revealed?
Wandering the streets like a lost tourist in hopes that your life’s purpose will run into you?
Waiting for inspiration to strike in a midnight dream, like a bolt of lightning?
You may be feeling unfulfilled in life because you have yet to find your life’s purpose. Continue reading
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