Do you wish you had a ‘Pause Button’ that you could use when things get chaotic – one that would pause your life until you felt ready to face it again? Is your life so busy that you often feel like yelling “stop the world, I want to get off!”? Some days, do you feel [...]

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The day is nearly upon us, and I’m too excited to keep it a secret any more.   The Calm Space a virtual magazine that’s like a day spa for your senses real but enticing informative but inspiring escape to chill for a minute, or an hour… Cue the music… charge your glasses… and get [...]

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Quite often, I’ll start writing here, and then, when I’m done – I’ll go back and try and think of a brilliant, catchy title to entice you to read. Today, that title came first. Do you want to come with me and see where it leads? I’ve been busy. Actually, that’s not quite true. My [...]

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It isn’t just about getting fit or losing weight! When we exercise regularly, we know we feel better. That good feeling is not just because we’re feeling virtuous that we’ve actually got up off our behind… I know I feel better about myself, I feel more energetic (and I feel virtuous:-) when I take the [...]

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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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The ref has blown the whistle – it’s half time! Time for a break, be it winter (cold and blustery, here and now) or summer (my friends in the northern hemisphere) before we go back for the second half of the game/year. Time to huddle and work out the game plan for second-half. In the [...]

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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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It is not a trick question. I’d really like to ask you – do you think, deep deep down inside – that you deserve happiness? My dear friend Chris has a provocative post over at her Take a Bite blog – about whether you deserve to be loved… Secrets of Staying Together – Deserving. As [...]

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Today we have a special surprise! Angela Esnouf from Creating Order from Chaos (don’t you just love that business name??) is sharing with us her six secrets to arriving on time. I think we are all calmer and more in control if we are On Time for everything. It’s when we start to make being [...]

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Ever had the problem where you have a free day – no work, no appointments, no obligations (well, apart from the school run and taking the dogs for a walk). And not being able to figure out what to do with yourself? And the feeling that if you don’t cross things off a to-do list, [...]

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