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How to Balance a Busy Life Through Practising Self-Care
One of the most difficult challenges many people face when practising self-care is finding the time to do it. When you live a busy lifestyle, finding extra time to look after yourself and find the right life balance can seem almost impossible. So, how can you balance practising self-care with a busy lifestyle? This post offers some great tips you can follow. Self-care is often seen as a luxury, but did you know it can lead to a longer, happier life? Without self-care, you’re likely to end up feeling stressed, tired, and generally unhappy. Make the Time for Life Balance To ensure you can fit self-care into your busy routine,…
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Helpful Tips to Overcome Deadline Stress
Deadline stress is the fear of running out of time. There is nothing more stressful than a looming deadline when it seems there is a lot more to be done and little time left. The word ‘deadline’ itself invokes fear and anxiety. I have been trying to reframe it into a more productive notion such as a timeline, due date, completion date or milestone marker. Whatever term you use, just give it life. This post shares nine powerful tips and actionable steps you can take right away to manage the stress that comes with pending deadlines. I also share helpful book suggestions that will help declutter your mind and give…
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Analysis Paralysis: Stop Overthinking and Start Taking Action
Analysis paralysis is overthinking things that can lead to paralysing inaction and uncertainty. It leads to holding on to worry and magnifying a problem in our heads unnecessarily. Occasional worrying and relaying past moments or experiences is normal. However, overthinking can spiral out of control, leaving you with a destructive thought pattern that fills you with fear and the inability to move forward. Chronic overthinking starts when judgement, reason and problem-solving functions of the brain are channelled on the negative, which is often caused by some sort of trigger. Once triggered, the spiral into overthinking leads to one of two things: Constant worrying and ruminating can escalate feelings of depression…
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Overcome Limiting Beliefs – Growth Tips
Limiting beliefs are negative thoughts that keep you from living the life of your dreams. Those nagging thoughts tell you to stop trying new things, taking risks, and reaching your goals. You can doubt yourself and your abilities and affects how you see your future and your happiness. They keep you small and inhibit your growth leading to a roadblock on your path to self-fulfilment. Limiting beliefs are often based on fear or a lack of belief in one’s capabilities. These can be rooted in childhood experiences or the media. Limiting beliefs can be anything—from an irrational fear of spiders to a false sense of self-discipline (FYI – I have…
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Important Aspects to Achieve your Goals
Goal setting is not the same as just wanting something, or even making resolutions. Therefore, deciding you want something won’t get you anywhere without a clear plan of action on how to achieve your goals. Whether it’s getting healthy, writing your novel, or expanding your business, there are some key things to focus on if you want to reach your goals. This post will cover a more holistic approach to help you achieve your goals. Work on your mindset If you want to achieve your goals you need to be in the best state of mind that you can be. Show up, work hard, be kind, live the life you…
