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• My Love of Christmas Gifting

  

  Note: this post is sponsored by Universal Store This year I have come to the realisation that one of the biggest loves of my life is in giving to others. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• How to Get to Know Your Boundaries

  

  We all think about dedication a lot. Committing, dedicating ourselves, giving more… And yet how many of us know when to stop? Knowing your boundaries in... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• 5 Ways to Find More Meaning in the Day-to-day

  

  Note: This post is sponsored by Pinetrees Lodge in Australia’s Lord Howe Island I find that during the busyness of daily life, sometimes I can forget why I’m... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• How Adding 1.5 Hours to My Day Has Made Me Happier

  

  Adding dedicated, committed, disciplined time to my day is a way to honour and be true to myself. It has helped to make me happier, and also more productive. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• The Three Key Feelings Behind Work Satisfaction

  

  Early on in my career, I often had a feeling at the end of the work week that I was leaving a cocoon where I was buried under an endless mountain of work, only... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• Three Ways to Increase Your Happiness

  

  We’re all looking for ways to increase our happiness, and often it’s easiest to look at short-term, ‘right now’ type fixes. These require the least effort and... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• My Yoga Journey: the Final Week

  

  I am currently undertaking a six-week yoga journey, which entails six days a week of yoga, daily meditation and healthy eating, including a five-day cleanse. I... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• How to Manage Your Time Effectively to Get More Done

  

  How many times have you heard the excuse, “I don’t have time”? How many times have you made it yourself? I know I have said it a million times. The thing is, yo... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• What I Learned from Doing a 60 Km Walk

  

  This week, I took a brief pause on my six-week yoga project (you can read about that journey in my health and wellness section) in order to complete the 60... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• How to Move on from Career Setbacks

  

  If you haven’t experienced failure or a setback in your career, you’re either right at the start of it or you need to set higher goals. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• How to Move on from Failure and Setbacks

  

  If you haven’t experienced failure or a setback in your career, you’re either right at the start of it or you need to set higher goals. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• Week 4 of My 6-week Yoga Project

  

  I am heading into week four of the six-week yoga project that I’m undertaking for the first time at my local studio, Power Living. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• What to Do When You Are Comparing Yourself with Others

  

  We all do this. We look at where we are in life and we look at others around us – particularly those in similar situations – and we compare. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• How to Surround Yourself with the Best Personalities at Work

  

  People make a job, they make a workforce, they make a project, they make clients satisfied, and they make for day-to-day happiness. Never underestimate the powe... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• Week 3 of My 6-week Yoga Project

  

  It’s week three of the six days per week, six-week yoga project that I’m doing at my local studio Power Living. If you didn’t catch my last two posts, check the... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• Use Gratitude to Grow Yourself Daily

  

  One of the key turning points in my life was when I stopped focusing on all the things that were wrong with my life, and started looking at everything right wit... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• How to Build Resilience at Work

  

  “The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• Week Two of My Yoga Transformation

  

  For the next six weeks, my Monday health and wellness posts are likely to revolve around yoga – just to let you know in advance! Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• What to Do If You’re Feeling Uninspired at Work

  

  Man, have I been there early on in my career. I have one word for you: education. If you’re not loving what you do, the one surefire way to stay motivated (at... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• My Health and Yoga Journey

  

  I have written a lot about changing habits in the past and it’s not by accident, I can assure you. I am on my own constant journey of changing and updating my... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2014 CAREER, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, HOME, RECIPES, TRAVEL