At new year, everyone tends to get focused and pumped and start firing on into the year, and today I want to write about doing something contrary to that – taking a step back. “Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life.” - Teri Garr Sometimes we all...

At the beginning of each new year, I encounter a great many people with big dreams for their lives and the year ahead. Yet so many I speak with and meet are afraid of going after the life they truly want; they fear failure, they fear success. It is such a recurring...

With the new year, I have encountered a number of clients who claim to hate themselves – their bodies, their behaviours, their lives in general. I have written often about learning to love yourself but I wanted to tackle the topic of hating oneself too, and offer up...

Today, I am writing all about how to effectively express yourself and how it can improve your life. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”- Bruce Lee Yes, expressing...

This is my final blog post of the year, and with it being published in the midst of the festive season here, it seemed very relevant to me to be writing about ‘staying hungry’ when most of us spend so much time during this season being stuffed full. Of course, I am...

“We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.” ―Laura Ingalls Wilder How people respond and react to Christmas does vary. There are those that absolutely love the holiday season, wear the Christmas jumpers, festive...

I speak with and meet so many people who are afraid of going after the life they truly want, it is such a recurring theme that I have chosen to write about having courage to go for it in life….. “I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we...

Fear of change holds so many of us back. “It’s better to regret something you have done than regret something you haven’t done.” – Billie Joe Armstrong Change feels uncomfortable to many people. And when it comes to change, for some people the thought of transition is...

A topic I have explored much more intensely in recent times, is that of leadership, especially as I have headed up teams for a major event and organisation in my own professional field. “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak;...

Many of us will have heard about the notion of being a free thinker, but how many of us actually are free thinkers?  “Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own...