Go for long walks, indulge in hot baths, question your assumptions, be kind to yourself, live for the moment, loosen up, scream, curse the world, count your blessings, just let go, just be.   – Carol Shields When it all becomes too much to bear – how do you retreat? Being kind to ourselves is [...]

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It seems I am perpetually late to parties. I am not late to meetings. I normally manage to meet all my deadlines. I arrive at the dentist on time (even early, as happened recently!) But parties? I don’t know what it is, but by the time I arrive, the party is in full swing, the [...]

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  Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.   -Rumi   This week – the first week of a beautiful spring, I am preparing to go to Melbourne to attend the Business Mums Conference on the weekend – where Chris and [...]

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    We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle As we start our week – the last week of winter – I like the reminder that we are what we repeatedly do. This morning, it resonates in my soul – telling me to watch what [...]

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The key to balancing your desire to be at peace with your need to achieve, perform, and earn a living is in recognizing that there’s no such thing as stress; there are only people thinking stressful thoughts. It’s really as simple as that. When you change the way you process the world, the world you’re [...]

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When you change the way you think, you’ll discover that your sadness, fear, frustration and any other troubling feelings cannot last. Even nature can’t create a storm that never ends. – Wayne Dyer Whenever I am in the midst of one of those terrible storms in my life – you know, where everything seems to [...]

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What is so special about today? Today is the first day of the rest of your life… Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake. Marie Beyon Ray As another week begins [...]

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Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and making a new ending. Maria Robinson Today, all the kids are (finally) back at school after winter holidays. They are regretting the passing of their free time and sleep-ins. I am enjoying the quiet and the ability to play my [...]

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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein I have a sticker blue-tacked above my computer at my desk. It is purple with silver writing and scattered with silver stars. It reads: magic happens [...]

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My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. – Oprah Winfrey What are you doing this very moment to put you in the very best place later today, tomorrow, next month and for the [...]

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